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Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS, Edouard DEVILLIERS (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Tableau peint sur le fond de la salle des harpes dans le cinquième tombeau des rois à l'est, Peintures de l'une des salles du même tombeau. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 90)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|53.50 x 71 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano, gouache hand at the time, untrimmed, extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition, published by orders 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 with light attack 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
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DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Groupe en basalte apporté des oasis, Groupe en pierre ollaire, Masques en bois, Enveloppes de momies. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 70)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|53.50 x 71 cm|une feuille
Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the “Imperial edition” of the Description de l'Égypte, or ‘Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]’.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the l
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Jean-Baptiste Prosper JOLLOIS, Edouard DEVILLIERS (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Tableau peint sur le fond de la salle des harpes dans le cinquième tombeau des rois à l'est, Peintures de l'une des salles du même tombeau. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 90)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|53.50 x 71 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano, gouache hand at the time, untrimmed, extracted from the 'Imperial Edition' of the Description of Egypt or Series observations and research made in Egypt during the French expedition, published by orders 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
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DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Tableau peint sur le fond de la salle des harpes dans le cinquième tombeau des rois à l'est, Peintures de l'une des salles du même tombeau. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 90)

DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Groupe en basalte apporté des oasis, Groupe en pierre ollaire, Masques en bois, Enveloppes de momies. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 70)

DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Bybân el Molouk. Tableau peint sur le fond de la salle des harpes dans le cinquième tombeau des rois à l'est, Peintures de l'une des salles du même tombeau. (ANTIQUITES, volume II, planche 90)