“Arrest and imprison men and women who, according to the Divan of Cairo, falsely claim to be saints, wander the streets either fully or partially naked” Natural History complete with 24 “picturesque views”

complete with 24 “picturesque views” and in the original binding

French law increasingly framed Blackness itself—not enslaved status—as the object of regulation

Many died there

la politique et la vérité

but after extensive debate

“Arrest and imprison men and women who, according to the Divan of Cairo, falsely claim to be saints, wander the streets either fully or partially naked” Natural History complete with 24 “picturesque views”Abdullah (Jacques Franois de Boussay de) Menou (1750 1810). Au quartier gnral du Kaire, le 9 nivose an 9 de la Rpublique Franaise, une et indivisible. Ordre du jour, du 9 nivse an 9. Au Kaire [Gizah], de lImprimerie nationale, [December 30, 1800]. Folio, 2 pp. With woodcut device on title and woodcut signature at the end. This unrecorded Ordre du jour (daily orders), printed in Cairo, serves as a vivid example of the cultural clash during the French