THREE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT

THREE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF EGYPT

Publisher's blind stamp in the margins just outside the image border.

The paper is hand-made, chain-linked, rag paper

The Description de l'Egypte was a series of publications, appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829, which offered a comprehensive scientific description of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history. It is the collaborative work of about 160 civilian scholars and scientists, known popularly as the savants, who accompanied Napoleon's expedition to Egypt from 1798 to 1801.

Paris: Panckouke, ca. 1820.

Dimensions: 21 x 27 3/4 in. (53.5 x 70.5 cm.)
Condition: Very good