EGYPT. Jacquelin de MAILLÉ de LA TOUR-LANDRY... - Lot 204 - Ader

EGYPT. Jacquelin de MAILLÉ de LA TOUR-LANDRY (1815-1874) 3rd Duke of Maillé. Important file of letters and autograph manuscripts of Jacquelin de Maillé, during his trip to Egypt, 1843-1844. Correspondence of 8 letters to his mother, Duchess Blanche de Maillé (1787-1851, First Lady of Honour of the Duchess of Berry, woman of letters and memorialist); Alexandria, Cairo and [Kénèh, Upper Egypt], October-December 1843; 84 pages in-4 and in-8 (purification slits). Long and fascinating correspondence on her journey to Egypt, from Alexandria to Cairo and then on the Nile to Upper Egypt. It relates at length his impressions, describes the monuments and the country, his reception by Pasha Mehemet Ali, the conditions of the journey, his studies on the country and its antiquities, and gives his analyses. A letter of 16 pages in-4 recounts his long journey on the Nile on a boat with 20 crewmen... - Correspondence from the Duchess Blanche de Maillé to her son Jacquelin, during his trip to Egypt, Paris and Pontchartrain, November-December 1843; 18 pages in-4 and in-8. Set of signed autograph manuscripts ("JM"), totaling 230 pages: Notes on the history of Egypt after the evacuation of the French (43 pp. in-8); Notes on Egypt from Le Mal Marmont, 1843 (35 pp. in-4 and in-8); Notes on Egypt - the army - the finances - the Pashas - communicated by Mr Mari and Notes on the petrified forest from a memoir by Mr Linant, 1843-1844 (35 pp. in-4 and in-8); Notes on Ancient Egypt taken from various authors mainly from the Picturesque Universe by Mr Champollion-Figeac, 1843-1844 (49 pp. in-4); Notes on Egypt taken from the correspondence of Michaud, 1843-1844 (27 pp. in-4); Egypt, notes taken from Mr Cadalvène, 1844 (41 pp. in-8).