Souvenirs d'un voyage dans l'Isthme de Suez et au Caire

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.)