Edmond de CADALVÈNE, Émile BARRAULT
Deux années de l'histoire d'Orient 1839-1840 faisant suite à L'histoire de la guerre de Méhémed-Ali en Syrie et en Asie mineure 1832-1833
Delloye|Paris 1840|14.2 x 22.6 cm|Relié
First edition of this uncommon study of the major international diplomatic crisis provoked by Mehmed Ali's expansionist policy (cf. Carré I, 294; Blackmer 261; Atabey 179; Walch, 398; Hage Chahine, 748).
Some foxing, occasional reading marks in pencil and red pencil in the margins of certain paragraphs.
Late 19th-century Bradel bindings in half khaki percaline, flat spines decorated with a gilt fleuron, gilt double rules at foot of spines, black shagreen title-pieces, marbled paper boards, original wrappers preserved, corners rubbed.
At the end of the first volume, the work is complete with the folding plate representing the Battle of Nezib.
Edmond de Cadalvène (17
€1,350