DENON VIVANT PLANCHES DU VOYAGE DANS LA BASSE ET LA HAUTE EGYPTE PARIS DIDOT L´AINE 1802
BIG FOLIO(32X51CM),PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR,TITLE,LISTOF PLATES AND 110 PLATES SOME OF THEM FOLDING.NEW HALF CALF BINDING PRESERVING THE ORIGINAL LABEL PASTED ON COVER.SOME FOXING.THE TWO VOLUMES OF TEXT ARE NOT PRESENT.
DOMINIQUE VIVANT DENON ARISTROCAT THAT ACCOMPANIED NAPOLEON EXPEDITION TO EGYPT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST " SAVANTS" COMING BACK AND PUBLISHED THE RESULT OF HIS OBSERVATIONS.IT BECAME THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOK COVERING THE WHOLE EGYPT UNTIL THE PUBLICATION OF ROSSELINI AND CHAMPOLLION MONUMENTAL VOLUMES OF THE FRANCO-TOSCAN EXPEDITIONREF:HILMY I PG 172.BLACKMER 471.
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