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Description : Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armee francaise. Paris Imprimerie Imperiale 1809-1812 Imprimerie Royale 1817 1830 23 volumes folio 14.375 x 9.25in 378 x 248mm Jesus folio 27.25 x 20.5in 692 x 521mm and Grande Monde folio 42 x 26.625in 1067 x 676mm Illustration Plate volumes with one engraved frontispiece two engraved maps one folding 839 engraved plates of which 6 are duplicate impressions 41 are printed in color 2in sepia and one is heightened in red atlas volume with 2 maps on 49 sheets see contents below for details and for plates and other illustrations contained in the text volumes Binding Modern half green morocco by Sangorski Sutcliffe spines gilt panelled and lettered in six compartments plain endpapers edges of text volumes with earlier green marbling; signed by Sangorski Sutcliffe on upper turn-ins. Provenance: Newstead Abbey ink stamp on most half titles and title pages verso and on the margins of the first plate in each of the Grande Monde volumes; Sothebys London 23 October 1986 lot 48 Contents Preface Historique: Jesus folio half-title, text by M. Fourier although the proofs are said to have been corrected by Napoleon explication of plates Antiquites: moires 2 volumes folio text half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Claude Louis Berthollet after Rembrandt Peale by Allais, 20 engraved plates one folding and including 16 of the demotic inscription from the Rosetta Stone by Willemin , 2 folding engraved maps by Blondeau, and 10 letterpress tabular plates 5 folding Descriptions 2 volumes folio text half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Gaspard Monge by Quenchey. Planches 5 volumes Jesus folio each volume with half-title, title-page, and leaf of artists including Balzac Chabrol, E. Devilliers, P. Jollois, H-J Redoute and Saint Gems listing the plates for which each was responsible; engraved frontispiece engraved map 425 engraved plates including 6 called for duplicate impressions 2 impressions printed in sepia and 28 impressions printed in color some finished by hand of which 106 23 folding are bound in two Grande Monde volumes including one also containing Etat modems plates The Antiquites plates depict not only the scenic ruins of Egypt but also the various objects including the Rosetta Stone excavated by the institute de l'Egypte, which now comprise the foundation of the Egyptian collection of the British Museum Etat Moderne Text 2 volumes bound in 3, folio half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Nicolas Jacques Cont after Roehn by Delaunay 4 engraved plates 3 folding one wood engraved text illustration and much printing in exotic alphabets and musical notation. Planches 2 volumes Jesus folio each volume with half-title, title-page, and leaf of artists Visiting the plates for which each was responsible, folding engraved map 170 engraved plates one heightened in red of which 12 are bound in a Grande Monde volume also containing Antiquites plates The Etat moderne plates depict the architecture of Egypt subsequent to the seventh century Arab invasion and also include sections on arts et metiers," costumes et portraits vases meubles et instrumens," and inscriptions monnoies et medailles.' Histoire Naturelle: Text 2 volumes folio half-titles, engraved frontispiece portrait of Michel-Ange Lancret after Roehm by Delaunay and one folding engraved plate Planches 2 volumes bound in 3, Jesus folio two half-titles, title-pages, and leaves of artists including Barraband, Bessa Delile, Menuier, Pretre, Saint-Hilaire, H.-J. Redoute, and Turpin listing the plates for which each was responsible, 244 engraved plates 13 impressions printed in color some finished by hand These plates by some of the most renowned nat ural history artists of the nineteenth century depict the mammals reptiles birds fish flora and geology of Egypt Carte Geographique Et Carte Topographique: Grande Monde folio engraved title-page, letterpress leaf of 'Noms des ingenieurs qui ont fourni les materiaux," engraved map key and index leaf engraved general map on 3 sheets detailed map after surveys by Jacotin on 47 engraved plates printed on 46 sheets Ready for publication in 1818 but-presumably for security reasons-not issued by the Depot de Guerre until 1830 these newly surveyed maps include Sinai Palestine and much of modern Lebanon in addition to Egypt First edition of the first comprehensive description of ancient and modern Egypt compiled by the members of the Institut de l'Egypte established by Napoleon to accompany his expedition to Egypt from 1798 through 1801 The approximately 165 members of the institute popularly known as savants, made a thorough study of all aspects of Egypt under the supervision of the mathematician Gaspard Monge, who was appointed president of the new academy Napoleon himself served as vice president The mass of information compiled in the monumental Description took over three decades to organize and issue never before or since has a study of such scope and thoroughness been accomplished on the basis of field work carried out in so short a space of time and under such inadequate and harrowing circumstances" Herold . A fine copy preserving the deckle edge on many of the plates References Brunet 2: 616-17; Gay 1999 J. C. Herold Bonaparte in Egypt 1963 pp 164-200 Navari Blackmer 476 Nissen BBI 2234 Nissen ZBI 4608 Pr face rather foxed some dampstaining at top margin of first volume of Antiquites Descriptions title page of second volume of Antiquites plates creased caption to frontispiece of Etat moderne text abraded; some folding plates with short fold seprations; occasional foxing and spotting throughout
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