113 - Frédéric CAILLIAUD. Journey to Meroe, to the White River, beyond Fâzoql in the southern part of the Kingdom of Sennar, to Syouah, and to five other oases; undertaken in the years 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822... Paris, Rignoux, 1823. 2 parts in one large in-plano volume, red half-maroquin with corner pieces, smooth decorated spine (contemporary binding), and 4 volumes of text: Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1826–1827. 4 in-8 volumes, in brown half-calf, smooth, decorated spines (contemporary binding).

Frédéric CAILLIAUD. Journey to Meroe, to the White River, beyond Fâzoql in the southern part of the Kingdom of Sennar, to Syouah, and to five other oases; undertaken in the years 1819, 1820, 1821, and 1822... Paris, Rignoux, 1823. 2 parts in one large in-plano volume, red half-maroquin with corner pieces, smooth decorated spine (contemporary binding), and 4 volumes of text: Paris, Royal Printing Office, 1826–1827. 4 in-8 volumes, in brown half-calf, smooth, decorated spines (contemporary binding). Blackmer, 270 / Brunet, I-1465 / Vinet, 1854 /// I. (2f.)-XV-429 / II. (2f.)-412 / III. (2f.)-431 / IV. (2f.)-416 The atlas is listed by Brunet as containing 150 plates, by Vinet as containing 150 plates and maps… and more, depending on the type of copy, and by Blackmer as 75 and 84 plates numbered 1–75 and 1–85, with one double plate (54/55). Our copy of the atlas consists of: I. the half-title page, the title page, 4 table leaves (for 75 plates), and 75 plates. II. the title page, 2 table leaves (for plates 1 through 43), 98 plates numbered 1 through 75 (including a double-subject plate numbered 54/55), and 1 through 24. The text volumes contain 8 color plates of costumes and 7 black-and-white plates, including 4 of typefaces and 3 of handwriting styles. A intrepid French traveler born in Nantes in 1787, Frédéric Cailliaud first visited Europe, parts of Greece, and Turkey… then traveled to Egypt in 1815. He was commissioned by Muhammad Ali to travel along the Nile and through the surrounding deserts. He traveled to Nubia and Thebes and discovered the emerald mines that had been worked in the time of the Ptolemaic kings. He returned to Paris in 1819 and entrusted his notes and documents to Jomard, who published *Le Voyage à l’oasis de Thèbes*… He set out again that same year for Egypt and then accompanied Muhammad Ali’s son on an expedition to Upper Nubia. From this latter expedition, Frédéric Cailliaud drew the material for his *Voyage à Méroé*, in which he provides a faithful description of the places, landscapes, inhabitants, itineraries, monuments, ruins, and wildlife… This copy is enhanced by an autograph letter signed by the author and addressed to Aimé Martin, secretary and editor of the Chamber of Deputies. This copy includes plate 52 from Volume I of the atlas in duplicate. Boucher de Crevecoeur bookplate. Binding is scuffed with worn corners and caps (for both the atlas and the text). The atlas is sewn and has a faint, angular water stain affecting several pages.