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New translation of Volney's Ruins or Meditations on the Revolution of Empires. Made under the inspection of the author

1814 Subjects: Anti-clericalism, History, Human rights, Philosophy, Politics and government, Religion Forms: Essays Printing and Publishing Status: Re-issues Translation Status: Integral English Dublin URL

Authors of source text

Constantin-François de Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney

Contributions

Joel Barlow
translator
Thomas Jefferson
translator

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Notes

Identical Dublin reprint. A very large number of publishers mentioned on title page (see URL).