Edme-François JOMARD, LEGENTIL (delineavit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Ile d'Eléphantine et environs. Vue et plans de la cataracte de Syène et des environs, Vue des ruines d'Éléphantine. (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 30)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|54 x 71 cm|une feuille
Original etching in plano, 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 order of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon 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. Light 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 involved antiquity. Th
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