Photographs depict the Dar Hassan Pasha palace, built in 1790 by Dey Mustapha Pacha and temporarily used a Library. The French photographer Camille... Show morePhotographs depict the Dar Hassan Pasha palace, built in 1790 by Dey Mustapha Pacha and temporarily used a Library. The French photographer Camille Silvy had studied law and had become a diplomat. While still a governmental officer, Silvy visited Algeria in 1857 on a commission from the Minister of Public Instruction to draw buildings and scenes to document and promote Colonial Algeria to the French public. After this experience, in 1858 he gave up his career and became a professional photographer. (Alger) Vue intérieure de la Bibliothèque -- Vue intérieure de l'Archive Titles from item; date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2018.0218 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2516577x BIB-ID: 2528546 Mondenard, Anne de "L'Algérie, terre oubliée des photographes en Orient" In De Delacroix à Renoir: l'L'Algérie des peintres, ed. Institut du Monde Arab, Paris, Hazan, 2003, p. 109; Haworth-Booth, Mark, Camille Silvy photographe de la vie moderne, Paris, Jeu de Paume, 2011, p. 22-23. Show less
Public relationsCompagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée, Tourism, Tourism--Tunisia--20th Century, Oases, Oases--Tunisia
Vintage travel poster issued for the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway... Show moreVintage travel poster issued for the French railway company "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company, usually known simply as the P.L.M.) advertising Tunisia as a tourist destination. The poster depicts an oasis and a view of Tunis. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The poster is signed and inscribed "Atelier Constant Duval 19, Villa Chaptal. Levallois (Seine)" and "Imp. F. Champenois 66, Bould. St. Michel. Paris". Lower image is titled "Vue de Tunis" (View of Tunis). On the upper left part of the image "P.L.M.", the acronym of the "Chemins de fer de Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée" (Paris, Lyons, Mediterranean Railway Company). Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.P.2019.0175 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26227009 BIB-ID: 2802884 Show less
TravelMontpensier, Antoine Marie Philippe Louis d'Orléans , 1824-1890, Description and travel, DS48 .S36 1847
Antoine d’Orléans, Duke of Montpensier was the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France (1773-1850). In 1845 he traveled on a diplomatic... Show moreAntoine d’Orléans, Duke of Montpensier was the youngest son of King Louis-Philippe of France (1773-1850). In 1845 he traveled on a diplomatic mission to the Maghreb and the Levant in the company of his friend, the French writer Antoine de Latour (1808-1881). The Duke of Montpensier and de Latour traveled on board the vessel "Gomer", where André Louis de Sinety served as a lieutenant and naval artist to the mission. After their return, de Latour published a book about their voyage that came with the Atlas, illustrated with the drawings by de Sinety. The plates depict views in Tunis (2), Carthage (2), Cairo (3), Suez, Siout, Assouan, Philae, Luxor, the Pyramids, Damietta, Constantinople (3), Broussa (4), Sunium, Corinth, Eurotas, Sparta, Mistra, Taygetus, Mount Ithome, Messenia, Cryssa and Delphes. dessiné par M. de Sinety, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, Commandant en Second du Comer. ; lithographié par Mrs. Bayot, Dauzats, Guiaud, Mayer et Sabatier. Atlas accompanying the text book by Antoine de Latour "Voyage de S.A.R. monseigneur le duc de Montpensier à Tunis, en Égypte, en Turquie et en Grèce. Lettres". Main Heritage Shelves General DS48 .S36 1847 Book Item-ID: i23177275 BIB-ID: 2452371 Show less
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Health and hygiene, Communicable diseases--Transmission, RA541.S33 D45 1892
par Lois Léon Delarue Main Heritage Shelves General RA541.S33 D45 1892 Book Item-ID: i24541977 BIB-ID: 2624476 Thesis. Faculté de Médecine de Paris, 1892. Show morepar Lois Léon Delarue Main Heritage Shelves General RA541.S33 D45 1892 Book Item-ID: i24541977 BIB-ID: 2624476 Thesis. Faculté de Médecine de Paris, 1892. Show less
v. 1. Algérie. Abd-el-kader.--v. 2. Mission a la Mecque. Le Maréchal Bugeaud en Afrique. Show morev. 1. Algérie. Abd-el-kader.--v. 2. Mission a la Mecque. Le Maréchal Bugeaud en Afrique. Show less
par H. Lecq, avec la collaboration de: M. Bastide, M. Ryf, M. Bauguil. On cover: Algérie. Exposition universelle de 1900. Show morepar H. Lecq, avec la collaboration de: M. Bastide, M. Ryf, M. Bauguil. On cover: Algérie. Exposition universelle de 1900. Show less