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Lot 7697:
Grand Bazaar, Alexandria - Desc. de l'Egypte 1809
This engraving is Plate 96 – 1. Vue d’une rue conduisant au Port Vieux; 2. Vue du grand bazar ou marché principal from Etat Moderne Volume 2 of Description de l’Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’armée Française. First edition, published in Paris by L’Imprimerie Imperiale 1809.
Translation of title – Description of Egypt, or the collection of observations and research which was made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army.
Description de l’Égypte was a series of publications, appearing first in 1809 and continuing until the final volume appeared in 1829, which offered a comprehensive scientific description of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history.
It is the collaborative work of about 160 civilian scholars and scientists, known popularly as the savants, who accompanied Napoleon’s expedition to Egypt in 1798 to 1801 as part of the French Revolutionary Wars, as well as 2,000 artists and technicians, including 400 engravers, who would later compile it into a full work.
Size: approx 26in x 20.5in (67cm x 52cm)
Occasional spotting in the margin otherwise very good - please see images
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