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'''''Les observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses memorables trouvées en Grèce, Asie, Judée, Egypte, Arabie et autres pays estranges''''' is a work of ethnographical, botanical and zoological exploration by '''[[Pierre Belon]]''' (1517–1564), a French [[natural history|naturalist]] from [[Le Mans]]. Starting in 1546, Belon travelled through [[Greece]], [[Asia Minor]], [[Egypt]], [[Arabia]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]], returning to France in 1549.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Belon |first=Pierre |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VYcsgAYyIZcC |title=Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses mémorables, trouvées en Grece, Asie, Judée, Égypte, Arabie, & autres pays estranges, redigées en trois livres, Par Pierre Belon du Mans. Reveuz de nouveau & augmentez de Figures. Le Catalogue contenant les plus notables choses, est en la page fuyante |date=1588 |publisher=chez Hierosme de Marnef |language=fr}}</ref>

His ''Observations'', with illustrations, were first published in 1553. A second edition appeared in 1554, a third in 1555. The work was translated into Latin by [[Charles de l'Écluse]] (Carolus Clusius) and published in 1589 under the title ''Petri Bellonii Cenomani plurimorum singularium et memorabilium rerum ... observationes''. The Latin text was reprinted as an appendix to Clusius's ''[[Exoticorum libri decem]]'' (1605).

==Editions==
* [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k53619s/f2.item 1553 edition] at Gallica (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=VYcsgAYyIZcC&pg=PP5 1588 edition] at Google Books
* ''Voyage au Levant (1553). Les Observations de Pierre Belon du Mans'', ed. Alexandra Merle, Paris: Chandeigne, 2001. {{isbn|2-906462-50-0}}
* ''Travels in the Levant: The Observations of Pierre Belon of Le Mans on Many Singularities and Memorable Things Found in Greece, Turkey, Judaea, Egypt, Arabia and Other Foreign Countries (1553)'', ed. Alexandra Merle, tr. James Hogarth, Kilkerran: Hardinge Simpole, 2002. {{isbn|9781843821960}}

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[[Category:1553 books]]
[[Category:French travel books]]
[[Category:Botany books]]
[[Category:Ethnographic literature]]
[[Category:Zoology books]]


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