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John Parker, West Strand, 1842. First edition. NAPIER, Charles Sir. War in Syria. London: John Parker, West Strand 1842. 8vo., 19 x 12 cm. [xlviii, 300; xii, 333], bound without the advertisements. Full polished calf, spines gilt, small chip to upper hinge spine of volume 2, some slight spine discoloration, hinges very tender and starting to separate. VERY RARE FIRST EDITION of an eye-witness account of the Egyptian-Ottoman War of 1839-1841. Ref: Blackmer 1179 The war and diplomatic crisis that illustrated a pattern of politics by which no major changes would be made in the Middle East unless countenanced by Europe "In 1839, the Ottoman Empire moved to reoccupy lands lost to Muhammad Ali in the First Turko-Egyptian War. The Ottoman Empire invaded Syria, but after suffering a defeat at the Battle of Nezib appeared on the verge of collapse. On 1 July, the Ottoman fleet sailed to Alexandria and surrendered to Muhammad Ali. Britain, Austria and other European nations, rushed to intervene and force Egypt… Read More

CHOLIERES (Nicolas de). La guerre des masles contre les femelles. Paris, Pierre Chevillot, 1588. 12mo. 140 x 85 mm. [8],143 pp. [1]. Contemporary limp vellum.When Montaigne was writing the Essays in the 1585, the lawyer Jean Dagoneau published a series of dialogues under the pseudonym of Nicholas de Cholieres, anti-woman tract written in the form of a dialogue. The work is preceded by two sonnets, one dedicated to women and the other to men, in which the author encourages women to read to the end of the work 'puis vous serez contentes'. There is a bit of proto-feminism in the character of Ginecophile, the champion of women. VERY RARE.. Not in Princeton, Folger, Yale, Huntington. No (complete) copy in the trade. No known copy at auction Gay IL 411. See also: Widowhood in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, p. 103.