EGYPT - Jules-Ferdinand GAY-LUSSAC(Saint-Gobain, Aisne,1847- - Lot 401

EGYPT - Jules-Ferdinand GAY-LUSSAC(Saint-Gobain, Aisne,1847-1920, colonial administrator, grandson of Louis-Joseph Gay-Lussac, the famous physicist who was director of the Compagnie des Glaces des Saint-Gobain, He lived part of his life in Egypt, where he held the title of pasha and was controller of the Khedive's private estates) / Autograph letter signed, 2 p in-8, headed "Daïra Sanieh de son Altesse le Khédive", Cairo, April 14, 1896: "I received on the Nill the kind letter you were kind enough to write me when you were leaving Egypt. I was very sorry not to be able to pilot you myself in Upper Egypt, and also not to be back in Cairo in time to shake your hand before your departure..." / EGYPT 1900s: Set of 2 stereo cards (probably by American publisher TW Ingersoll: Caliph's tomb in Cairo and Sphinx) and one stereo photo (Keystone, excavations at Assuan Dam, with description on back).