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The ruins or a survey of the Revolutions of Empires. A new translation from the French

1799 Subjects: Anti-clericalism, History, Human rights, Philosophy, Politics and government, Religion Forms: Essays Printing and Publishing Status: Piracies Translation Status: Integral, Retranslation English Philadelphia

Authors of source text

Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney

Contributions

Charles Brockden Brown
translator
James Lyon
publisher

Related resources

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Notes

Volney was not satisfied with the 1792 translation and, from 1795 on, sought to establish a new translation under his supervision. The project was delayed due to his travel to the US. He deposited a copyright declaration that no new translation should be made without his cooperation. This 1799 edition is therefore a piracy. The publisher was a known radical.

Nathalie Caron, ‘Friendship, Secrecy, Transatlantic Networks and the Enlightenment The Jefferson-Barlow Version of Volney’s Ruines (Paris, 1802)’, Mémoires du livre. Studies in Book Culture, Volume 11, Number 1, p. 1-39.