LESSEPS, Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de (1805-1894). Percement de l'Isthme de Suez, expos et documents officiels . Paris: Henri Plon, 1855. 8s (235 x 149 mm). Half-title, 2 folding engraved maps. (Sewing loose, occasional light foxing.) Original printed wrappers, glassine wrappers (backstrip and extremities chipped); folding buckram case. Provenance : presentation inscription, "de la part de l'Auteur", on front wrapper. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, of Lessep's proposal for the construction of the Suez Canal. Lesseps had begun his diplomatic career in Egypt, during the years 1833-38, where he had befriended the Viceroy's son Mohammed Said, and grown interested in the project of the Saint-Simonians to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Suez linking the Mediterannean with the Red Sea. In 1854 Said granted him a concession for the project. "De Lesseps was not deterred by either political or practical objections to the project; but capital had to be raised to finance it. In this treatise of nearly three hundred pages... he set out the whole case for the canal and his proposed method of building ot. He secured the support of Napoleon III and raised a capital of two hundred million francs. Construction was begun in 1859 and completed ten years later" (PMM). En franais dans le texte 274; PMM 339; Norman 1336.
LESSEPS, Ferdinand Marie, vicomte de (1805-1894). Percement de l'Isthme de Suez, expos et documents officiels . Paris: Henri Plon, 1855. 8s (235 x 149 mm). Half-title, 2 folding engraved maps. (Sewing loose, occasional light foxing.) Original printed wrappers, glassine wrappers (backstrip and extremities chipped); folding buckram case. Provenance : presentation inscription, "de la part de l'Auteur", on front wrapper. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, of Lessep's proposal for the construction of the Suez Canal. Lesseps had begun his diplomatic career in Egypt, during the years 1833-38, where he had befriended the Viceroy's son Mohammed Said, and grown interested in the project of the Saint-Simonians to construct a canal across the Isthmus of Suez linking the Mediterannean with the Red Sea. In 1854 Said granted him a concession for the project. "De Lesseps was not deterred by either political or practical objections to the project; but capital had to be raised to finance it. In this treatise of nearly three hundred pages... he set out the whole case for the canal and his proposed method of building ot. He secured the support of Napoleon III and raised a capital of two hundred million francs. Construction was begun in 1859 and completed ten years later" (PMM). En franais dans le texte 274; PMM 339; Norman 1336.
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
