Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Kâravânsérây. 2. Vue de Zaouyéh. 3. Na'oùrah ou machine à monter l'eau. (Planche 27).<br /><br />

Original print folio untrimmed extracted Travellers in Lower and Upper Egypt Vivant Denon. Board composed of three views as described by the author: No.1 Ka-van-ray or karavanseray, built facility on the roadside by modest and beneficent beings who attach their name to the point that charitable act: open to all passers-by, they find shade and water for themselves and their beasts of burden. The building consists of a tank, the primary reason for the institution; two bedrooms, an open gallery, a watering hole, a fountain, a few pots and mats. Point owner, who put no contribution to the use that wants to do: Also built for the rich and for the poor, it is the first occupant, and that freedom is without drawbacks in a country where travelers are rare and isolated steps are still many troops. No. 2 to Second Zaouyéh taken in the northern part of the village; the highest house was the greater, and that of the general who commanded there. The constructions are pointed end lofts: all cords that crown the houses are made of clods to burn, composed of droppings beef and camel, diluted with a mixture of dust and chaff, and dried in the sun. It is these clumps, and cane dourach ovens that heat and boil the soup; terraces houses are shops, by far they appear to in decorated. No.3 Nahourah or machine up water to water new plantings, when the Nile waters receded. These wheels Chain, pots, and bodies are in general use throughout Egypt: they usually settle under a tree, so that he who leads the horses is in the shade for this year. In this happy climate, quiet owner computes its first harvest on rising flood and the second and third on the number of acres that he owns many animals can water. The big tree on the right is a sycamore with its low profile, which is the one that characterizes it: sometimes the man can be seen below, instead of walking by exciting the horse, sits on a kind of chair attached to the bar, and runs with the machine. See plan No. 2 board XXXVI. Light foxing marginal, otherwise good condition. Published for the first time in two volumes, an atlas of engravings, Didot, in 1802, the 'Journey to the Lower and Upper Egypt proved so successful that it was translated in 1803 into English and German, and a few years later in Dutch and Italian, among others. Almost all boards are designed by Denon, who also engraved himself a few, including portraits of the inhabitants of Egypt, who still kept the freshness of sketches taken on the spot (our 104-111 ). Two dozen writers have also collaborated on the creation of which Baltard, Galen, Reville and other etchings. Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon says Vivant Denon, born in Givry January 4, 1747 and died in Paris April 27, 1825, is a writer, author, diplomat and French administrator. At the invitation of Bonaparte, he joined the expedition to Egypt in shipping from May 14, 1798 on the frigate "La Juno." Protected by French troops, he had the opportunity to travel the country in all directions in order to gather the material that was the basis for his artistic work and the most important literary. It supports in particular General Desaix in Upper Egypt, which he refers to numerous sketches, ink wash and other drawings in pen, black chalk, or chalk. He draws constantly, usually on his knee, standing or on horseback, and sometimes even under enemy fire. After a journey of 13 months during which he draws thousands of drawings, Vivant Denon returned to France with Bonaparte, and became the first artist to publish the story of the expedition. The 141 boards that accompany his diary retrace its entire journey from the coast of Corsica to the pharaonic monuments of Upper Egypt. Bonaparte then appointed Director General of the Central Museum of the Republic, which became the Napoleon Museum and the Royal Louvre and arts administrator. In 1805, Vivant Denon revival project of the Vendome column, which had been suspended in 1803 then organizes expeditions across Europe to raise imperial works of art which are plundered to be carried away to the Louvre. In 1814, Louis XVIII confirmed as head of the Louvre, one wing of which still bears his name today. It is considered a great precursor of museology, art history and Egyptology.