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Vivant Denon engravings of Egypt
Vivant Denon engravings of Egypt
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Author: Denon, Vivant
Title: Planches du voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte
Place Published: [Paris]
Publisher:[Didot]
Date Published: [1802]
Description:
Atlas volume only. Title page with title only (no imprint). First edition. 125 (of 143) engraved plates. Lacks numbers 12, 14, 37, 49, 50, 56, 71, 82, 88, 90, 103, 130, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, & 143. Plate number 54 with bis plate. (Folio) 58.5x42 cm (23x16½") modern burgundy half morocco and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, raised bands.

Invited to accompany Bonaparte during the French Expedition to Egypt - a staging post in Napoleon's campaign to wrest India from the British - Denon was forcibly struck by Egypt's architecture. With often only a few minutes to record the scene before him, he would sketch under fire. On one occasion he worked for sixteen hours, while the windblown sand caused his eyelids to bleed. Upon his return to France, Denon published Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt. His insightful and deeply humane volume became an instant bestseller.
Condition
Lacking 18 plates, a small number browned in margins; offered as a collection of plates; very good.
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