Opening of the Suez Canal

$975.00

Fontane, Marius and Riou, Edouard. LE CANAL MARITIME DE SUEZ. Paris: 1869.
Recently rebound in period style in green quarter leather, marbleized boards. Published to commemorate the inauguration of the Suez Canal in 1869. In two parts: Histoire du Canal et des Travaux by Fontane, and Itinéraire de L'Isthme, by Riou. Some light foxing on the occasional page. Black and white illustrations throughout. Large fold-out Plan d'Ismaïlia (color), Plan de Port-Saïd (color), Plan de Suez (color), and Carte Générale de L'Isthme (black and white with red route markings) all present, intact, and attached. Uncommon.

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