Lot 10482: Vue du Memnonium by Vivant Denon 1807
This is plate 20 from the Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute-Egypte pendant les campagnes du General Bonaparte by Dominique Vivant Denon. Published by Samuel Bagster, London 1807.
The full details of the composition of this plate are: 1. Temples de Thebes a Medinet-a-Bou 2. Vue du Memnonium
The first member of the French National Institute to visit Upper Egypt and report his discoveries was Denon.
The remarkable plates which illustrate this work, described in detail in the accompanying text, are of great importance to Egyptology as they illustrate for the first time many new discoveries.
Size: approx. 19in x 11.75in (49cm x 30cm)
Condition report:
Very good - please inspect images carefully for any age related marks
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