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DENON, Dominique Vivant, Baron (1747-1825). Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, pendant les campagnes de Bonaparte, en 1798 et 1799. London: for Samuel Bagster, 1807.
3 volumes (including plate volume), 4° (293 x 232mm) and 2° (484 x 290mm). Stipple-engraved portrait, 110 plates and maps (108 in the plate volume, 12 of these folding). (Some light spotting.) Contemporary half russia (worn, some covers detached).
"Denon was the first to reveal the richness of Egyptian art to Europe" (Blackmer). The first edition was published in Paris in the same year. Brunet II.599; cf. Blackmer 471. (3)
3 volumes (including plate volume), 4° (293 x 232mm) and 2° (484 x 290mm). Stipple-engraved portrait, 110 plates and maps (108 in the plate volume, 12 of these folding). (Some light spotting.) Contemporary half russia (worn, some covers detached).
"Denon was the first to reveal the richness of Egyptian art to Europe" (Blackmer). The first edition was published in Paris in the same year. Brunet II.599; cf. Blackmer 471. (3)