CHEVALIER DE FERRER:MEMOIRES CRITIQUES SUR L ORIENT SUIVIS DE REFLEXIONS ET ESSAI SUR L ILE DE CORFOU…PARIS 1845 Second edition (first printed in Corfou in 1842), in 8vo, contemporary publishers decorated paper covers very slightly rubbed, complete lithographed portrait 213p., text clean and bright, overall in very good condition. De Ferrer, a French diplomat, travelled in the Levant in 1840,he arrived in Constantinople during summer at the peak of Turkish-Egyptian confrontation,from there he visited Egypt, detailed description of the travel and the political atmosphere of the places. The second part is an independent work focused on Corfou, a very detailed description of the island.Seems that De Ferrer liked a lot the place where he spent time.