THE SUEZ CANAL: LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS DESCRIPTIVE OF ITS RISE AND PROGRESS IN 1854-1856.

First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp viii, 311. Rebound in black and brown cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 was arguably the birth of the globalisation of trade, allowing the major powers quicker access to the raw materials and markets vital for growth. These letters by the man behind the canal, published in 1876, document its early planning and progress. Slight foxing to title page and last few pages, otherwise clean, very good.