Apr 20, 2006 - Sale 2075

Sale 2075 - Lot 23

Price Realized: $ 29,900
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Estimate: $ 15,000 - $ 25,000
(EGYPT.) Description de l'Égypte; ou, Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française. 11 (of 12) plate volumes; without the elephant folio volume of large-format plates. 907 engraved plates and maps on 899 leaves. Half-title (heavily foxed) in first volume of Antiquités only. Together, 11 volumes. Atlas folio, 688x520 mm, contemporary burgundy morocco gilt with countersunk center panel in the form of an Egyptian arch on covers, spines somewhat faded and scuffed, some joints starting at top or bottom; marginal foxing throughout, occasional foxing on images. Paris: Imprimerie de C.-L.-F. Pancoucke, 1820-26
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Second edition of the plate volumes from the monumental study of ancient and modern Egypt, the foundation of modern Egyptology, undertaken by the Commission des Sciences et Arts d'Égypte following Napoléon's conquest of the country in 1798. Brunet II, 616-17. In his collation of the 1809-28 first edition Brunet calls for a d'Anville map in the first volume of Antiquités and plates e and f in the fourth volume; these are not present here.