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Dscription de l'Egypte, ou Receuil des Observations et des Recherches, qui ont t Faites en Egypte Pendant l'Expdition de l'arme Franaise. Paris: C.L.F.Panckoucke, 1821-1829 [Atlas vols: 1821-1826].
37 volumes (text: 26 vols., 8 [200 x 125mm.]; atlas vols. of plates and maps: 11 vols., large 2 [683 x 525mm.]).
Text: half-titles. 87 plates, maps and tables (3 folding engraved maps; 9 folding engraved diagrams, plans or plates; 34 folding letterpress tables; 3 folding lithographic plates or tables; 1 single-page lithographic table; 36 lithographic alphabets and inscriptions, recto and verso of 18 leaves). Contemporary French calf-backed paper-covered boards, the flat-spines in five compartments divided with black and gilt fillets, lettered in gilt on the black-stained second and fourth compartments, the others with repeat patterm blacked in gilt (occasional small splits to joints).
Plates and atlas: 10 letterpress titles only (of 11), 2pp. contents leaf, 1 letterpress leaf with engraved headpiece. Double-page engraved title, 898 (of 899) engraved plates (123 double-page, 30 folding). (Lacking colored engraved emblematic frontispiece, occasional light old dampstaining.) Contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards, spines, in six compartments, uniform with text, one vol. with binder's label for 'Tripier Bradel at rear (splits to joints of five volumes).
A FINE SET OF THE SECOND EDITION OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF EGYPT, AND THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF NAPOLEON'S EXPEDITION TO EGYPT (1798-1801).
Comprising:
Antiquits: text, 10 vols. Plates: 5 volumes, large 2. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Louis XVIII, 420 plates, maps, views and tables (69 double-page, 28 folding). (Lacking colored emblematic frontispiece and letterpress title to vol.I.)
tat moderne: text, 10 vols. Plates: 2 volumes, large 2. 181 engraved plates (10 double-page, 2 folding).
Histoire Naturelle: text, 6 vols. Plates: 3 volumes, large 2. 1 letterpress leaf 'Mdaille Egyptienne' with engraved haedpiece, 244 engraved plates, after Barraband, Pretre, P.-J. Redouta and others.
Cartes Gographiques et Topographiques: large 2. Letterpress title. Double-page engraved title, single-page table of symbols, 'key' map, general map on three double-page sheets, detailed map on 47 sheets (41 double-page).
Brunet II, 617; cf. Nissen BBI 2234; cf. Nissen ZBI 4608. (37)
37 volumes (text: 26 vols., 8 [200 x 125mm.]; atlas vols. of plates and maps: 11 vols., large 2 [683 x 525mm.]).
Text: half-titles. 87 plates, maps and tables (3 folding engraved maps; 9 folding engraved diagrams, plans or plates; 34 folding letterpress tables; 3 folding lithographic plates or tables; 1 single-page lithographic table; 36 lithographic alphabets and inscriptions, recto and verso of 18 leaves). Contemporary French calf-backed paper-covered boards, the flat-spines in five compartments divided with black and gilt fillets, lettered in gilt on the black-stained second and fourth compartments, the others with repeat patterm blacked in gilt (occasional small splits to joints).
Plates and atlas: 10 letterpress titles only (of 11), 2pp. contents leaf, 1 letterpress leaf with engraved headpiece. Double-page engraved title, 898 (of 899) engraved plates (123 double-page, 30 folding). (Lacking colored engraved emblematic frontispiece, occasional light old dampstaining.) Contemporary calf-backed paper-covered boards, spines, in six compartments, uniform with text, one vol. with binder's label for 'Tripier Bradel at rear (splits to joints of five volumes).
A FINE SET OF THE SECOND EDITION OF THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ACCOUNT OF EGYPT, AND THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF NAPOLEON'S EXPEDITION TO EGYPT (1798-1801).
Comprising:
Antiquits: text, 10 vols. Plates: 5 volumes, large 2. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Louis XVIII, 420 plates, maps, views and tables (69 double-page, 28 folding). (Lacking colored emblematic frontispiece and letterpress title to vol.I.)
tat moderne: text, 10 vols. Plates: 2 volumes, large 2. 181 engraved plates (10 double-page, 2 folding).
Histoire Naturelle: text, 6 vols. Plates: 3 volumes, large 2. 1 letterpress leaf 'Mdaille Egyptienne' with engraved haedpiece, 244 engraved plates, after Barraband, Pretre, P.-J. Redouta and others.
Cartes Gographiques et Topographiques: large 2. Letterpress title. Double-page engraved title, single-page table of symbols, 'key' map, general map on three double-page sheets, detailed map on 47 sheets (41 double-page).
Brunet II, 617; cf. Nissen BBI 2234; cf. Nissen ZBI 4608. (37)