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Excerpts from letters from Nubar Pasha to Mrs. Nubar, 1851–1 - Lot 16
Excerpts from letters from Nubar Pasha to Mrs. Nubar, 1851–1896.
3 volumes, in-4°, bound in full red morocco, with a slipcase lined with suede and edged in red morocco. Spine with raised bands, featuring the title, date, and volume number in gold. Two gold fillets on the edges, guilloché caps, and endpapers framed by three gold fillets. (Bound by Stroobants). A typescript on fine paper comprising over 1,200 pages divided into 3 volumes; these letters collectively span the entire career of this prominent figure, who served as chief interpreter to Ismail Pasha, who granted him the title of Pasha in 1863. He served as director of the Department of Public Works in 1864, before becoming director (minister) of Foreign Affairs in 1866. Between 1866 and 1867, Nubar Pasha secured from the “Sublime Porte ” (the seat of the Ottoman government in Constantinople until 1923) several concessions: authorization to dig the Suez Canal, recognition of Ismail Pasha as Khedive or viceroy, and the hereditary nature of the title. From 1866 to 1888, he served as Egypt’s foreign minister four times over a period of sixteen years. Nubar Pasha was Egypt’s first Prime Minister in 1878. His final term spanned the period from April 16, 1894, to November 12, 1895. He was the father of Boghos Nubar Pasha, who served as administrator of the Egyptian railways and as president of the General Armenian Charitable Union, which he founded in 1906. This entire typescript was compiled in 1923 by his son, Boghos Nubar Pasha, as indicated in a foreword dated February 8, 1923. Here is a brief summary of the foreword: “My mother had carefully preserved most of the letters my father wrote to her during his many missions abroad. She bequeathed them to me, urging me to sort through them and reproduce those I deemed useful. It is therefore in accordance with her wishes that I have included in this collection—compiled for my family—the pages of interest to our family or relating to the political events in which my father was involved. The issue of the Suez Canal, the securing of the Sultan’s firmans regarding the change in the order of succession to the viceroyalty, and, finally, the judicial reform... ” It is specified that copies of this work were made solely for his family. We then include: My Memoirs, Parts One and Two by Nubar Pasha, Mohammed-Aly, Ibrahim, Abbas, Saïd, and Ismaël. Paris, 1924. 2 volumes in-4°, softcover bound in full havana morocco, smooth spine with author and title, gilt heads. Normal wear and tear, one jaw split over 5 cm, spine slightly sun-faded. (Bound by Stroobants). Typescript compiled by his son, Boghos Nubar Pasha, based on the memoirs of his father, Nubar Pasha. Nubar Pasha’s memoirs were published in 1983 by the Librairie du Liban in Beirut, presumably based on this typescript.
First volume: 344 pages plus 10 pages of tables. Second volume: 533 pages plus 19 pages of tables. And finally, we include: chronological notes, 1825–1899. 2 volumes in-4°, bound in porphyry half-basane with corner caps, ribbed spine with red morocco title labels and gilt volume numbers, gilt headbands. (Bound by Stroobants). A typescript prepared by his son, approximately 600 pages long, which reproduces his father’s notes almost day by day, thereby supplementing the letters to his wife collected in the first three volumes—especially for the periods when she had joined him, which effectively halted the correspondence and created gaps in the chronology of his political activities. This constitutes a coherent and unique set of 7 volumes, a work of great importance to the history of Egypt and the Armenians. An extremely rare set, in signed bindings and free of foxing.
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