Céleste-Etienne DAVID
Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Isthme de Suez et au Caire[Reminiscences of a Journey through the Isthmus of Suez and Cairo]
Amyot|Paris 1865|16.5 x 23 cm|Broché
First edition.
Not in Hage Chahine.
Some light foxing, imperial colportage stamps on certain pages.
Son of the former Consul General in Smyrna, Céleste-Etienne David (1802-1875) also pursued a diplomatic career (Cuba, Venezuela, etc.).
Included: "Notice biographique sur M. C.-E. David, ancien ministre plénipotentiaire, etc." Extract from volume XII of the Biographie des hommes marquants du XIXe siècle, by V. Lacaine and Ch. Laurent. (n.p., 1860, 4 pp.)
€450