Two steel folding uncoloured engraved maps, 49 x 51 cm, mounted on linen in two sections, fitted in a marbled boards slipcase, neatly hand written title laid down on verso, Paris, 1836.

Synopsis

Cadalvene was a business man who spent several years in Egypt, from 1829 to at least 1834, as a representative of certain French business interests. After his campaign in Syria, Mehmet Ali was offered loans by a number of French banks, and Cadalvene, representing the Rothschilds, offered to lend him 100 million French francs. While waiting for Mehmet Ali to make a decision, Cadalvene travelled extensively in the region, gathering the materials for his books. The first of these, L’Égypte et La Nubie, 1836, is an account of a voyage up the Nile which he wrote with J. de Breuvery, who accompanied him on his travels. Later he turned his attention to Mehmet Ali’s aspirations in the Levant, and he presents us with an acute portrait of the ambitious Pasha of Egypt.