REDOUTE, A.-B. DUHAMEL
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Botanique. PALMIER DOUM. Cucifera thebaica : Vue du palmier de la thébaïde appelé doum, Détails de la fructification. (Histoire Naturelle, planche 1)
Imprimerie Impériale|Paris 1809-1829|71 x 54 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 foxing and marginal with discrete affect engraving, two small tears restored in upper margin (1 cm), otherwise very good freshness and preservation. Board belonging to the Botany section, the study was conducted by Alire Raffeneau-Delile (1778-1850
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