{"product_id":"voyage-de-monsr-shaw-m-d-dans-plusiers-provinces-de-la-barbarie-du-levant","title":"VOYAGE DE MONSR. SHAW, M.D. DANS PLUSIERS PROVINCES DE LA BARBARIE DU LEVANT:","description":"\u003cp\u003econtenant des observations geographiques, physiques, philologiques et melÃ©es dur les royaumes dâ€™Alger et de Tunis, sur la Syrie, lâ€™Egypte et lâ€™Arabie PetrÃ©e. A La Haye: Chez Jean Neaulme, 1743.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObra 2 volumes. In 4Âº (de 26,5 cm). Com [2], xliv, 414 + IV, 192, 172 pags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEncadernaÃ§Ãµes da Ã©poca com lombadas em pele, ligeiramente cansadas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIlustraÃ§Ãµes: 12 gravuras no 1Âº volume e 21 gravuras no 2Âº volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExemplar com ex-libris de D. Diogo de LafÃµes, MarquÃªs de Marialva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrimeira ediÃ§Ã£o da traduÃ§Ã£o francesa, segunda ediÃ§Ã£o geral, desta importante descriÃ§Ã£o de viagem, profusamente ilustrada com gravuras impressas em extratexto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEsta obra Ã© fruto da vivÃªncia de Tomas Shaw como capelÃ£o de vÃ¡rias feitorias inglesas no norte de Ãfrica, nomeadamente no Levante, na RegÃªncia de Argel (centro de poder do ImpÃ©rio Otomano no Magrebe), na RegÃªncia de Tunes, na SÃ­ria, Egipto e ArÃ¡bia PÃ©trea. TraÃ§a um perfil destes reinos, feito de cuidadosas observaÃ§Ãµes politicas, sociolÃ³gicas, mas sobretudo geogrÃ¡ficas. Com meios rudimentares, Shaw efectua levantamentos geodÃ©sicos, dos quais retira informaÃ§Ã£o para as cartas anexas Ã  sua obra, as quais apresentam algumas distorÃ§Ãµes evidentes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDurante o sÃ©culo XVIII e XIX serviu como obra de referÃªncia sobre a ArgÃ©lia e a TunÃ­sia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTestemunhos directos de europeus sobre a RegÃªncia de Argel sÃ£o muitÃ­ssimo raros e Ã© aÃ­ que se situa o principal interesse desta obra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDe facto, antes da conquista da ArgÃ©lia pela FranÃ§a em 1830 e antes da missÃ£o de espionagem levada a cabo por Yves Boutin em 1808, a FranÃ§a nÃ£o tinha informaÃ§Ãµes da ArgÃ©lia mais recentes que as de Shaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaro.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[EN] 2 volumes. In 4Âº (26,5 cm). [2], xliv, 414 + IV, 192, 172 pags.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBinding: Contemporary cardboards with leather spine, slightly worn out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated with 12 engravings on the 1st. Volume and 21 engravings on the 2nd. Volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopy with ex-libris from D. Diogo de LafÃµes, Marquis of Marialva.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst edition of the French translation, second general edition, of this important travelling description, profusely illustrated with hors-text engravings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is the result of Tomas Shaw's experience as chaplain of several English factories in North Africa, namely in the Levant, in the Regency of Algiers (Ottoman Empire power centre in the Maghreb), in the Regency of Tunis, in Syria, Egypt and Arabia Petraea. It presents a description of these kingdoms resulting from careful observations of political, sociological but especially of geographic nature. With rudimentary means, Shaw performs geodetic surveys, from which he retrieves information for the maps annexed to his work, which have some obvious distortions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the eighteenth and nineteenth century it served as a reference book on Algeria and Tunisia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDirect testimonies from European on the Regency of Algiers are extremely rare and therein lies the main interest of this work. In fact, before the conquest of Algeria in 1830 and before the spy mission carried out by Yves Boutin in 1808, France had no information on Algeria more updated than that from Shaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrunet V, 362.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garimpo dos Livros","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58295802265932,"sku":"1604NM015","price":10800.0,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1066\/5617\/0316\/files\/1604NM015_1.jpg?v=1785850964","url":"https:\/\/garimpodoslivros.com.br\/products\/voyage-de-monsr-shaw-m-d-dans-plusiers-provinces-de-la-barbarie-du-levant","provider":"Garimpo dos Livros","version":"1.0","type":"link"}