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Mengin, Félix.
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
- Histoire de l'Egypte sous le gouvernement de Mohammed-Aly, ou récit des événemens politiques et militaires. Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1823
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First edition, 3 volumes (including atlas), 8vo (210 x 122mm.) and folio (405 x 250mm.), text with half-titles, atlas with 10 lithographed plates, 5 hand-coloured, and 2 folding maps (one lithographed and hand coloured, one engraved), 4pp. printed "Tableau" at end, green calf-backed boards, spines gilt, [Atabey 802; not in Blackmer], stamp? removed from title of atlas, slight loss to surface of one text cover
Catalogue Note
Mengin, one of Mehmet Ali's apologists, was resident in Cairo for many years and acted as Chateaubriand's host there in 1806.