François-Michel de ROZIÈRE

First edition, extracted from the first installment of the Description de l'Égypte, section: Antiquités, Mémoires.
Bound in full modern cream parchment boards. Black sheep title-label with gilt title. Very fine condition, as the copy is as issued, full-margined, on laid paper.
Memoir dealing with commerce among the ancients and moderns with the Orient and Africa, and the comparative geography of present and ancient Egypt, notably the Red Sea and the Isthmus of Suez. Research among ancient authors. Bibliography at the end of the work, extracts in Greek...

First edition of these two texts extracted from volume II, Natural History section of the Description de l'Egypte.
Modern full cream parchment paper boards. Black sheep title label.
Topographical description of the valley known as the Valley of Error, located between the Nile and the Red Sea, by a researcher and witness of the Egyptian Expedition, narrated in the manner of a travel account. The description of the Qoseir valley follows the same approach, this valley being situated north of the ruins of Thebes.

First edition of this memoir, extracted from volume II of the third installment, Natural History section. Fine printing on strong rag paper.
Modern cream parchment paper binding. Black sheep title label. Uncut copy with full margins.
The author seeks to establish the connection between Egypt's physical situation, its particularities, and the sciences and institutions of the ancient Egyptians. Interesting considerations on ancient measurements and time. One chapter is devoted to the general layout of Egypt's soil.
Some foxing.

First edition of these two memoirs extracted from the first fascicle, Modern State section, of the Description de l'Egypte.
Cream parchment-style modern paper boards. Black sheep title-label. Wide-margined copy, uncut.
Historical notice on artificial incubation in Egypt and method employed to hatch chickens. History and description of the manufacture of sal ammoniac.

First edition, extracted from the first installment of the Description de l'Egypte, section: Antiquities, Memoirs.
Bound in full modern cream parchment boards. Black sheep title-label with gilt title. Very fine condition, as the copy is as issued, full-margined, on laid paper.
The memoir consists of an archaeological study of the two types of murrhin vases (already well known to the Romans), those from Persia and local production. The author surveys the bibliographical data on the vases and their mineralogical nature.