Dec 06, 2007 - Sale 2131

Sale 2131 - Lot 70

Price Realized: $ 2,640
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(EGYPT.) Jacotin, Pierre. [Carte Topographique de l'Égypte]. Letterpress "Nom des Ingenieurs", general map on 3 sheets, 47 plate survey on 44 sheets; lacking the engraved title and the letterpress sheet with index and key. Large oblong folio, unbound; light to moderate foxing and soiling throughout, soft vertical crease throughout where folded (but easily removed). sold as is. Paris, 1818

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The most important of the Napoleonic era scientific publications dealing with Egypt. This First Edition was the only edition to include "grande-format" plates unfolded.