Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS, Edouard DEVILLIERS (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Esné (Latopolis). Plans des environs d'Esné et d'une partie de la ville, Plan du temple, Coupe du portique. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 72)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|54 x 71 cm|une feuille
Original etching etching in plano, untrimmed, extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research conducted in Egypt during the French expedition, published by order of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great. Conducted between 1802 and 1830 and published between 1809 and 1828, she was taken in 1000 copies available to institutions. Laid the watermark visible by transparency ancient and modern Egypt paper. Tiny bites and marginal without breach engraving, otherwise excellent freshness and preservation. The monumental first edition of the Description of Egypt in 13 volumes contained 892 colored plates of which 72, including 9 volumes involv
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