![NAPOLEONIC WARS -- Egyptian Campaign. Manuscript (no doubt autograph) by Thomas Vallois, 'Histoire Générale de mes voyages depuis mon départ pour L'Armée', 4 Messidor [i.e. 22 June] 1793 - 6 February 1807, but chiefly (pp.38-145) describing his service in the Egyptian campaign, May 1798 - September 1801, a systematic account with descriptions of the major battles (including the Battle of the Pyramids), transcriptions of orders and treaties, and concluding with a naive watercolour drawing of the pyramids, 'une des 7 merveilles du monde', also including marching lists for his broader career, 178 pages, 8vo, leather-backed boards (spine defective).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0226_001(napoleonic_wars_--_egyptian_campaign_manuscript_by_thomas_vallois_hist_d5447780065439).jpg?w=1)
![NAPOLEONIC WARS -- Egyptian Campaign. Manuscript (no doubt autograph) by Thomas Vallois, 'Histoire Générale de mes voyages depuis mon départ pour L'Armée', 4 Messidor [i.e. 22 June] 1793 - 6 February 1807, but chiefly (pp.38-145) describing his service in the Egyptian campaign, May 1798 - September 1801, a systematic account with descriptions of the major battles (including the Battle of the Pyramids), transcriptions of orders and treaties, and concluding with a naive watercolour drawing of the pyramids, 'une des 7 merveilles du monde', also including marching lists for his broader career, 178 pages, 8vo, leather-backed boards (spine defective).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CSK/2011_CSK_06332_0226_000(napoleonic_wars_--_egyptian_campaign_manuscript_by_thomas_vallois_hist_d5447780093738).jpg?w=1)
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NAPOLEONIC WARS -- Egyptian Campaign. Manuscript (no doubt autograph) by Thomas Vallois, 'Histoire Générale de mes voyages depuis mon départ pour L'Armée', 4 Messidor [i.e. 22 June] 1793 - 6 February 1807, but chiefly (pp.38-145) describing his service in the Egyptian campaign, May 1798 - September 1801, a systematic account with descriptions of the major battles (including the Battle of the Pyramids), transcriptions of orders and treaties, and concluding with a naive watercolour drawing of the pyramids, 'une des 7 merveilles du monde', also including marching lists for his broader career, 178 pages, 8vo, leather-backed boards (spine defective).
Vallois describes himself as 'Sergent de la 6eme Compagnie du 1er Bataillon du 9eme régiment dinfantrie de ligne'. His marching lists indicate that in all he covered 3041 leagues through 287 towns up to 1805, and a further 108 towns in the following two years.
Vallois describes himself as 'Sergent de la 6eme Compagnie du 1er Bataillon du 9eme régiment dinfantrie de ligne'. His marching lists indicate that in all he covered 3041 leagues through 287 towns up to 1805, and a further 108 towns in the following two years.