Description de l'Egypt ou Recueil des Observations et des recherches qui sont été faites en Egypte pendant l'Expedition de l'Armée Français. Paris: C. L. F. Panekoucke, 1820-26.

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Description de l'Egypt ou Recueil des Observations et des recherches qui sont été faites en Egypte pendant l'Expedition de l'Armée Français. Paris: C. L. F. Panekoucke, 1820-26.

11 plate volumes, 2° (860x540 mm). Title, 2 frontispieces, Letterpress table of plates, double-page engraved title, 887 engraved tables, maps and plates, all mounted on cloth. (Some spotting.) Contemporary diced russia (worn, several covers detached.)

This set comprising.
Antiquités: 5 volumes, 420 plates and maps, 88 double-pages, 87 folding. Volume I with 2 frontispieces, one hand-coloured, letterpress and line engraving advertisment for the Médaille Egyptienne, a letterpress Tableau Général des Planches

Etat Moderne: 2 volumes, 170 plates and maps, 12 double-page, 12 folding.

Histoire Naturelle: 3 volumes (volumes I, II and II bis), 244 plates.

Atlas Geographique: 1 volume, double-page engraved title, index sheet, general map of Egypt on three sheets, map of upper and lower Egypt on 47 sheets, 45 double-page, 44 folding.

A complete set of plate volumes for the first survey of Egypt, corresponding in detail and order to the Tableau Général des Planches, and to Brunet II 617.

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