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campagne d'Égypte. 2 ordres du jour imprimés, Q.G. du Kaire 29 thermidor VII et 13 vendémiaire VIII (16 août et 5 octobre 1799), signed respectively by Adjutant General Henry Sornet and Adjutant General Jean-Gaspard-Pascal René (Au Kaire, de l'Imprimerie nationale); 2 ff. in-fol., 2nd printed recto-verso, vignettes (edge frayed and split on 1st, 2nd slightly trimmed on one edge without affecting text). 29 thermidor. Order from Bonaparte to publish in Arabic details of "the feast of the prophet" attended by the General-in-Chief in Cairo, testifying to the "respect the French had for Islamism"; gifts from the General-in-Chief to two sheikhs "commendable for their wisdom and piety"... 13 vendémiaire. Orders from Kléber concerning the clothing of the men in the artillery train, the fixing of prices for belongings, and the prohibition of the deportation of grain "or merchandise of any kind" to Syria, "under penalty of death"...
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campagne d'Égypte. 2 ordres du jour imprimés, Q.G. du Kaire 29 thermidor VII et 13 vendémiaire VIII (16 août et 5 octobre 1799), signed respectively by Adjutant General Henry Sornet and Adjutant General Jean-Gaspard-Pascal René (Au Kaire, de l'Imprimerie nationale); 2 ff. in-fol., 2nd printed recto-verso, vignettes (edge frayed and split on 1st, 2nd slightly trimmed on one edge without affecting text). 29 thermidor. Order from Bonaparte to publish in Arabic details of "the feast of the prophet" attended by the General-in-Chief in Cairo, testifying to the "respect the French had for Islamism"; gifts from the General-in-Chief to two sheikhs "commendable for their wisdom and piety"... 13 vendémiaire. Orders from Kléber concerning the clothing of the men in the artillery train, the fixing of prices for belongings, and the prohibition of the deportation of grain "or merchandise of any kind" to Syria, "under penalty of death"...
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