MARCHE D’UN MARIAGE DANS LA VILLE DU CAIRE. La Pompe passe devant le celebre édifice, appelé El Maristan ou l’hôpital (des foux).

Print of a magnificent wedding procession through the streets of Cairo. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century, His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated book on the Middle East. This superb print is from the first edition, published in parts on large sheets.

Large paper copy. Fine condition. Mounted size: 62 x 46.5cm.