Habitant de Damas
This engraving, from Arabie, reproduces the general impression produced on western travelers by the people of Damascus: urbanity mingled with condescending reserve, uncompromising conviction and solemn gravity of countenance and speech.
Jacques Ghislain de Maussion de Favières. Damascus, Baghdad: Capitals and lands of the caliphs. Translation to English by Edward J. Banks. Librairie orientale (Dar el-Mashreq), Beirut, Lebanon. 1972.
Noël Desvergers. Arabie. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1847.
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