Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Egypte : 1. Tombeaux des mahométans. 2. Cimetière des mamlouks. 3. Vue du Port de Boulaq. (Planche 23).<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 Muslim tombs of brick, stone or marble: the body is inserted through the archway, and is based on a soft ground and sieved: above tomb is depicted a turban, and vis-à-vis is an inscription containing the names, titles, and sometimes praise the dead. Figures weep and pray; ceremony that is renewed every week, and that becomes the feast day for women as their diet is devoid of anything approval because crying is counted among the pleasures of life! No. 2 Cemetery Mamluks, east of Cairo, near the El-Kerasé door. The most significant monuments are the tombs of the Beys marble with painted and gilded ornaments, and a taste nicer than regular architecture, but the masses provide an aspect of magnificence and grace, which would give to that would arrive in Cairo this side a sense of splendor of this city, which would be much belied by reality: all these riches on a sad and bitter ground give this quiet and silent for a particular character, which I have seen anything comparable. To the right is the mos cated to Cheroiné; follows part of the aqueduct that carries water from the Nile in Cairo; all the rest are tombs of individuals: the small group of figures is a funeral. No.3 Boulac, separate small city of Cairo, and that may be regarded as its port; this is the port that will make all boats of Lower Egypt and all the supplies and goods that come from the high: Boulac, built in the early centuries of the Hijra, the Arab has a charming performance monuments. The stage is the corn market, we see exposed in heaps, and the fish market, which is also done in the same place. On the last shot, behind the boats, we perceive Embabeh, village became famous for the Battle of the Pyramids. Light foxing, 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.