RETURN FROM EXCAVATION SYRIA - PALMYRA - EGYPT - Lot 1

RETURN FROM EXCAVATION SYRIA - PALMYRA - EGYPT Set including : An interesting album of photos of an expedition carried out by M. Sadargue from 1924 to 1942 in Syria, notably Palmyra, in Egypt in Cairo and also in Lebanon. Numerous mission documents and correspondence are attached. Mr. Sadargue, an engineer and surveyor, carried out numerous missions in these regions as surveyor for the Régie du cadastre des Etats de Syrie et du Liban. He also invented a new type of compass. We enclose Mr. Sadargue's compass, probably made of bakelite? and preserved in its case with its patent. Provenance: Collection of Paul SADARGUE, surveyor for the Régie du cadastre des Etats de Syrie et du Liban from 1924 to 1942.