CLOT-BEY, Antoine Barthélémy

General overview of Egypt. Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1840. Aperçu général sur l'Egypte. Paris, Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1840. 2 volumes in-8 of 2 ff.n.e.c., 1 portrait, XC, 360 pp.e.c. and 3 plates for volume I; 2 ff.n.e.c., 570 pp.e.c., 1 errata f. and 5 plates for volume II; blue calf, spine with false nerves (period binding). Atabey, 258; Blackmer, 370. First edition. Clot-Bey was chief surgeon of the Egyptian army, appointed by Mehmet Ali. It was he who created the public health center in Cairo. In this excellent study, Clot-Bey devotes a chapter to slavery in the East: white slaves, black slaves, the condition of slaves, female slaves, the conduct of Europeans towards their slaves in Egypt, excerpts from books of Muslim law relating to slavery, the slave trade and the emancipation of slaves. Some foxing to the plates, but a nice copy. Ex-libris Chasseloup Laubat. The copy of the author's brother