Voyage dans la Haute et la Basse Egypte. Tome I: Texte. Tome II: Planches complete set, FIRST EDITION

Voyage dans la Haute et la Basse Egypte. Tome I: Texte. Tome II: Planches (complete set, FIRST EDITION)

DENON Dominique Vivant

Item #M0449f

Rare set of 5 volumes. The plates album in the 1802, first edition; the text part is the 1803, small-size edition. Didot l'aîné, Paris, 1802-1803. In-8 & Elephant folio. Vol. I: vi & 265 pages, liii pages of explanation of the plates, index and list of subscribers. Vol. II: 142 engraved plates and maps, numbered 1 to 141 (there are two bis plates: 20 bis & 54 bis, while plates 4 & 5 are on the same page). The text volumes are in contemporary stiff paper, generally in very good condition, except for a cut on the lower part of the half-title page of volume III (no loss of text). The plates volume is bound in modern half-leather, with occasional foxing and/or browning, but altogether in excellent condition, with a small stamp on the half-title page. Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (4 January 1747 – 27 April 1825) was a French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. He was appointed as the first Director of the Louvre museum by Napoleon after the Egyptian campaign of 1798–1801. While his Voyage is foremost known for its extraordinary drawings, the text, in the first person, conveys not only the military operations, but also Denont's personal feelings during the two years he spent with the French army: "Bonaparte ordered me to draw the battle (of Abukir) and I found myself glad to be able to faithfully depict the theater of his glory." (page 260). "I arrived for the third time at Etfou. Its temple appeared to me ever more magnificent. I became convinced that if the one of Tintiris has more science in its details, the one of Etfu has more majesty as a whole." (page 230). "I was about to take my leave of the hypostyle hall of Esne, the purest fragment of Egyptian architecture and, I dare say, of one of the most perfect monuments in Antiquity" (page 233) Language: French/Français. This set ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists.

Language: French/Français.

Price: € 6,500.00 other currencies

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