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Buzay, Shawqi
Kullu majdi annani hawalt
Octavo in glossy white illus wraps; 184 p. ; 22 cm. In Arabic. Series: Mukhtarat shi`riyah. || Arabic poetry -- Lebanon.
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Buzay, Shawqi
Kullu majdi annani hawalt
White octavo; 184 p ; 22 cm. In Arabic. || Arabic poetry -- Lebanon.
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CAESAR E. FARAH.
Arabs and Ottomans: A checkered relationship.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 552 p. Arabs and Ottomans: A checkered relationship.
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CAHU Théodore
Voyages au coin du feu.
Paris, Albert Méricant, s.d. (ca 1900). 9 x 14, 118 pp., broché, bon étrat (couverture défraîchie).
Bookseller reference : 33103
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CAIX DE SAINT-AYMOUR Vicomte de
Arabes et Kabyles
P. Ollendorff, Paris 1891, 12x19cm, broché.
Bookseller reference : 12191
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CAIX Robert de
Le Maroc français et la question indigène. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes, s.l. [Paris] 1914, 15,5x25cm, agrafé.
Bookseller reference : 19772
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CAILLATE C.
Les sources du Nil et les dernières explorations dans l'Afrique Equatoriale. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes, s.l. [Paris] 1864, 15,5x25cm, agrafé.
Bookseller reference : 15546
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CAILLATE C.
Les sources du Nil et les dernières explorations dans l'Afrique Equatoriale
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1864, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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CAIX DE SAINT-AYMOUR Vicomte de
Arabes et Kabyles
- P. Ollendorff, Paris 1891, 12x19cm, broché. - Edition originale. Envoi autographe de Vicomte de Caix de Saint-Aymour sur le premier plat, le nom du dédicataire a été soigneusement effacé. Dos défraîchi et fendu, rousseurs. Rare mais en l'état. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
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CAIX Robert de
Le Maroc français et la question indigène
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1914, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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CALLEBAUT Nicole et Paul-Jacques
Rites et mystères au Proche-Orient, sur les traces d'Abraham.
Bruxelles, Hayez, 1979. 16 x 24, 256 pp., illustrations en N/B et en couleurs, broché, très bon état.
Bookseller reference : 15786
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Camargo ( Christovam De )
Les Roubaïates d'Omar Khayyam.
Collection Seghers, 1961 - broché 13.5 X 16 cm, couverture illustré dune image ancienne, louvrage est émaillé de planches ht en noir hors texte , 22 pages de présentation, 222 pages dont des poèsies de K. exemplaire en très bonne condition couvert par les soins du libraire.
Bookseller reference : 16661
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CANAMAS, NEYRENEUF et VILLET
Cours d'arabe maghrébin
L'HARMATTAN. 1983. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 193 pages. Nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 492.7-Arabe
Bookseller reference : RO80047146
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CAN Turhan
Istanbul, porte de l'Orient.
Istanbul, Touristic Publishing Service, 1993. 17 x 23, 128 pp., 160 illustrations en couleurs et 11 cartes, broché, bon état.
Bookseller reference : 36026
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CANETTI Elias
Les voix de Marrakech, journal d'un voyage. Collection : Les grandes traductions.
Paris, Albin Michel, 1980. 13 x 20, 161 pp., broché, très bon état (sauf une petite tache sur une tranche).
Bookseller reference : 89313
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CANDIOTI, Alberto M.
El Jardín del Amor. (Jadikat ul Jubb). Vida de un joven emir damasceno del siglo VI de la héjira. Por ? según el dictado del alfaquí Omar Caon Teirif Abd Alí, teniendo a la vista el viejo manuscrito árabe de Tomarot Ibn Aledic.
Buenos Aires, M. Gleizer, 1933, 20 x 14,5 cm., tela de época, 510 págs. con ilustraciones intercaladas de Ivan Schenchine + 1 hoja.
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CANSINOS ASSENS R. Por primera vez puestas en castellano del arabe original prologadas anotadas y cotejadas con las principa
LIBRO DE LAS MIL Y UNA NOCHES. Tomo III
1.541 pp. Piel editorial. 18x142. Buen ejemplar; bien conservado. PRIMERA EDICI�N. Edit. Aguilar. M�xico 1955. unknown
Bookseller reference : 12908659
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CAROZ Yaacov
"Moukhabarat; les Services Secrets arabes."
Québec, Editions Stanké, 1978. 15 x 23, 348 pp., broché, bon état.
Bookseller reference : 48880
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CARISTIE & GEISSLER DORMIER Alexandre-Charles
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Fayoum. Vue et détails de l'obélisque de Begyg. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 71)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 70x51,5cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 23419
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CARBOU HENRI
METHODE PRATIQUE POUR L'ETUDE DE L'ARABE PARLE AU OUADAY ET A L'EST DU TCHAD.
LIBRAIRIE ORIENTALISTE PAUL GEUTHNER. 1954. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 251 pages -. . . . Classification Dewey : 492.7-Arabe
Bookseller reference : R320037727
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CARRE Olivier et DUMONT Paul
Radicalisme islamique, tome 1 : Iran, Liban,Turquie.
Paris, l'Harmattan, 1988. 13 x 21, 259 pp., broché, très bon état (1 cachet et 1 signature d'ex-particulier sur la page de faux-titre).
Bookseller reference : 84965
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CARISTIE & GEISSLER DORMIER Alexandre-Charles
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Fayoum. Vue et détails de l'obélisque de Begyg. (ANTIQUITES, volume IV, planche 71)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 70x51,5cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CARNE John BARTLETT William Henry
Syria, the holy land, Asia minor, &c.. illustrated. In a series of views drawn from nature
- Fisher, son, & co., London 1836, Pet. in-4 (21x28,5cm), 3 volumes reliés. - Edition originale, abondamment illustrée de 2 cartes et de 121 gravures sur acier par Bartlett, dont 3 titres gravés avec vignettes. Volume 1 : 38, Volume 2 : 37, Volume 3 : 46. Impression sur vélin teinté, planches sur velin fort. Plusieurs graveurs ont participé à la réalisation de cet ouvrage : Jorden, sand, finsbury, Higham, Finden... Cartonnage de l'éditeur réalisée en demi chagrin vert aux plats de percaline vert sapin gauffrés. Dos lisse orné d'une plaque spéciale avec divers ornements, une femme vêtue à l'orientale, un croissant et 2 chameaux. Plats repoussés d'une grande plaque décorative formée d'entrelacs de fruits et de fleurs, eux-mêmes composant 4 médaillons avec cavaliers, caravane, chameaux... et d'un grand fer central : une urne flanquée de 2 chameaux. Dos éclaircis uniformément. Traces de frottement sur les dos. Le long du mors supérieur du tome 2, manque de percaline sur 2,5cm. Coins repliés. Une tache blanchâtre sur le plat supérieur du tome 1 (un cercle de 8mn de diamètre). Des zones décolorées sur 2 plats. P.43 au tome 2, une déchirure en marge. Les 2 dernières planches du tome 2 avec trace de mouillure sur un coin. Ensemble frais mais quelques rousseurs sur les titres gravés, au dos de quelques planches et sur certaines planches, notamment à la fin du tome 2. Bel exemplaire. Ex-libris Bibliothèque Castletown dans le premier tome. Second ex-libris dans les 2 autres tomes : Thomas Conolly. Composé de 121 vues du Moyen-orient, scènes animées avec des personnages en costumes, on y voit des représentations de Damas, Jerusalem, Tripoli, Jaffa, Acre, Alexandrie, les temples, les antiquités, les rivières et les sites remarquables. Toutes les gravures sont finement exécutées et, bien que marquées par un souci réaliste et naturaliste, engendrent une perception romantique et exotique du monde arabe. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
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CART L?on
Au Sina? et dans l'Arabie P?tr?e. Cartes et photos hors texte. Num?ro du Bulletin de la Soci?t? Neuchateloise de G?ographie.
Broch?. 252 pages.
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & LECLERC
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures en bronze, Figures et fragments en terre cuite émaillée. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 62)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26223
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & HULK (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Bustes en basalte noir, Tête en albâtre, Buste en stéatite. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 61)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26224
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & TASSAERT Jean Joseph François
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures et amulettes en terre cuite, en bronze, en serpentine, en verre. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 67)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26227
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CASTEX & GAUTHIER AINE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures en bronze, Buste en basalte gris. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 63)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26230
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CASTEX & GAUTHIER AINE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures en bronze, Figure en basalte, Figure en terre cuite émaillée. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 65)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26232
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & GAUTHIER JEUNE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figure en granit noir, Fragments en albâtre. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 60)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26234
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & HULK (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Amulette en cornaline, Amulettes et figures en terre cuite, en jade, en bronze, en stéatite. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 85)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26244
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & GAUTHIER AINE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Lampe et figure en bronze, Figures en pierre calcaire, en terre cuite, en cuivre. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 78)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26250
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & HULK (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Lampes en bronze, Pierres gravées. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 77)
Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille.
Bookseller reference : 26253
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CASTELEIN (S.J.)
L'islamisme.
Bruxelles, Société Belge de Librairie, 1897. 16 x 24, 33 pp., broché, non coupé, bon état (rousseurs uniquement sur la couverture).
Bookseller reference : 24631
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CASTELLANE Pierre de
La vie militaire en Afrique. Episode d'une course dans la province d'Oran. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes, s.l. [Paris] 1850, 15,5x25cm, agrafé.
Bookseller reference : 17608
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CASTELLANE Pierre de
La vie militaire en Afrique. Zouaves et Spahis. Extrait de la Revue des Deux Mondes
Extrait de La Revue des deux mondes, s.l. [Paris] 1850, 15,5x25cm, agrafé.
Bookseller reference : 17637
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Casa Arabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Arabes y del Mundo Musulman
Jerusalen a principios del siglo XX : patrimonio y cultura : exposicion
Casa Arabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Arabes y del Mundo Musulman 2009-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. NB_203 NOV29T6 AL1 has edge wear/bumped corners no marks on pages. good reading copy. Casa Arabe e Instituto Internacional de Estudios Arabes y del Mundo Musulman paperback
Bookseller reference : 8461371755x ISBN : 8461371755 9788461371754
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Caspi Mishael Maswari translated From The Arabic by
Daughters of Yemen
Berkeley: University Of California Press. 1985. First Printing. 0520051394 . NF/F book bottom corners lightly bumped otherwise a tight solid sound unmarked copy with DJ protected in mylar. ; 8vo light brown cloth with gilt lettering spine 264pp. Appendix Notes on the Text Abbreviations of Journals and Hebrew Volumes Selected Bibliography. Includes Foreword by William M. Brinner and an introduction by Mishael Maswari Caspi & Deborah Lipstadt. . University Of California Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3252 ISBN : 0520051394 9780520051393
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Cassarino, Mirella
Traduzioni e traduttori arabi dall'VIII all'XI secolo
Mm 150x210 Brossura editoriale di 160 pagine, in stato di nuovo e sigillata. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
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CASTELLANE Pierre de
La vie militaire en Afrique. Episode d'une course dans la province d'Oran
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1850, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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CASTELLANE Pierre de
La vie militaire en Afrique. Zouaves et Spahis
- Extrait de la Revue des deux mondes, s.l. (Paris) 1850, 15,5x25cm, agrafé. - First edition. Plain paper cover. Rare. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale. Sous couverture muette. Rare.
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CASTEX & GAUTHIER AINE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures en bronze, Buste en basalte gris. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 63)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & GAUTHIER AINE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures en bronze, Figure en basalte, Figure en terre cuite émaillée. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 65)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Gravure originale à l'eau-forte in plano, non rognée, extraite de l'édition dite « Impériale » de la Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Réalisée entre février 1802 et 1829 sur ordre de Napoléon Bonaparte et publiée à partir de 1809 [en réalité 1810], elle fut tirée à 1000 exemplaires sur Vergé filigrané « Égypte ancienne et moderne » et offerte aux institutions. Infimes et marginales piqûres sans aucune atteinte à la gravure, un petit trou de ver en marge gauche, sinon très bel état de fraîcheur et de conservation. Volume ANTIQUITES, V : Ces gravures fournissent à Jean-François Champollion une documentation épigraphique fondamentale pour le déchiffrage des hiéroglyphes et inspirent une lignée d'archéologues comme Mariette, Maspero et Carter qui donnent un nouveau visage à l'Egypte ancienne. Elles suscitent un engouement tel qu'elles donnent naissance au phénomène de l'égyptomanie et à l'orientalisme de Delacroix, Fromentin, Marilhat, Decamps mais aussi Théophile Gautier... Financiers, politiciens, marchands, et fouilleurs de tous ordres se presseront sur les rives du Nil en quête de bonnes affaires à la suite de cette redécouverte de l'Egypte. A l'origine de l'égyptologie, ces planches connaîtront une postérité immense. LA DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, édition IMPERIALE (1809-1829) : La Description de l'Egypte est un des chefs d'uvre de l'édition française et le point de départ d'une nouvelle science : l'égyptologie. Titanesque exposé de l'Egypte au temps des conquêtes de Bonaparte entre 1798 et 1799, elle est répartie en 23 volumes dont 13 volumes de gravures rassemblant près de 1000 planches en noir et 72 en couleur. Les 6 volumes de planches intitulées Antiquités sont consacrés aux splendeurs de l'Egypte pharaonique. L'Histoire naturelle est répartie en 3 volumes de gravures. Un volume est consacré aux Cartes géographiques et topographiques tandis que les 3 volumes : Etat Moderne dressent un portrait saisissant de l'Egypte copte et islamique telle qu'elle était vue par les armées d'Orient de Bonaparte. La « campagne d'Egypte », désastre militaire, dévoile à travers les gravures de la Description de l'Egypte la réussite scientifique qu'elle est devenue, grâce aux quelques 167 savants membres de la Commission des sciences et des arts de l'Institut d'Egypte qui suivaient l'armée de Napoléon. L'Institut a réuni en Egypte le mathématicien Monge, le chimiste Berthollet, le naturaliste Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, ainsi que de nombreux artistes, ingénieurs, architectes, médecins... Ils eurent la charge de redécouvrir l'Egypte moderne et antique, d'en montrer les richesses naturelles, et le savoir-faire de ses habitants. L'édition originale, dite « Impériale », de la Description de l'Egypte fut réalisée sur quatre formats de grande taille, deux d'entre eux spécialement créés pour elle et baptisés formats « Moyen-Egypte » et « Grand-Egypte ». On construisit une presse spécifique pour son impression, qui s'étala sur vingt ans, entre 1809 et 1829. L'édition Impériale s'avéra si populaire qu'une deuxième édition en 37 volumes entièrement en noir et sans le filigrane « Egypte ancienne et moderne », dite édition « Panckoucke », fut publiée à partir de 1821 par l'imprimerie C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). La réalisation de ce monument d'érudition doit beaucoup au baron Dominique Vivant Denon, illustrateur, diplomate, collectionneur et par la suite directeur du musée Napoléon du Louvre qui accompagna Napoléon en Egypte avec de nombreux autres savants mais décida seul de s'aventurer dans le Sud du pays, alors que les autres scientifiques conviés restaient confinés dans la région du Caire. Les fabuleux croquis rapportés par Denon lors de sa romanesque chevauchée donnèrent l'idée à Bonaparte d'y envoyer les autres membres de l'Institut e
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CASTEX & NOEL (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Groupe en basalte. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 64)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & GAUTHIER AINE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Lampe et figure en bronze, Figures en pierre calcaire, en terre cuite, en cuivre. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 78)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & GAUTHIER JEUNE (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figure en granit noir, Fragments en albâtre. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 60)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & HULK (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Amulette en cornaline, Amulettes et figures en terre cuite, en jade, en bronze, en stéatite. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 85)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & HULK (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Bustes en basalte noir, Tête en albâtre, Buste en stéatite. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 61)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & HULK (sculpsit)
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Lampes en bronze, Pierres gravées. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 77)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Original, unshaved, full-page etching from the "Imperial edition" of the Description de l'Égypte, or 'Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand [A Collection of the observations and research carried out in Egypt during the French expedition, published on the orders of his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great]'. Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Naopleon Bonaparte and published between 1809 and 1828, 1,000 copies were printed and distributed to institutions, on vergé paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark, visible when held up to the light. Light marginal spotting not touching image, otherwise in very fresh, fine condition. An engraving from the Description de l'Egypte, one of the masterpieces of French printing and the birth of a new field: Egyptology. A gigantic survey of Egypt at the time of Bonaparte's conquests in 1798 and 1799, the work is divided into 13 volumes of engravings making up 892 plates, of which 72 colored, as well as presenting the splendors of the Egypt of the Pharaohs in 9 volumes. The other volumes discuss natural history and present a fascinating portrait of Coptic and Islamic Egypt as it was seen by Bonaparte's Eastern Armies. The 'Egyptian campaign', militarily a disaster, demonstrates, through the engravings of the Description d'Egypte, the scientific success it nonetheless became thanks to the 167 expert members of the Commission of the Sciences and Arts of the Institut d'Egypte [Egyptian Institute] who followed Napoleon's army. The Institut gathered together in Egypt the mathematician Monge, the chemist Berthollet, the naturalist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire as well as numerous artists, engineers, architects and doctors. They were tasked with re-discovering modern and ancient Egypt and displaying its natural treasures as well as the know-how of its inhabitants. This edition, the so-called "Imperial" edition of the plates for the Description de l'Egypte was printed in four large formats, two of which were specially created for it and christened "Moyen-Egypte" and "Grand-Egypte". A special press was built to print it, the process extending over 20 years, from 1809 to 1829. The "Imperial" edition proved so popular that a second edition, this time in black and white and without the "Egypte ancienne et moderne" watermark - known as the "Royal Edition" - was published during the Restoration by the printing house of C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). The engravings of the Description d'Egypte owe a great deal to Baron Dominique-Vivant Denon, illustrator, diplomat, collector and later Director of the Musée Napoléon (the Louvre). His exploration of the South of Egypt gave Bonaparte the idea of sending the experts of the Institut there, thus creating a faithful and complete portrait of the area. This was the research gathered together from 1802 in the mammoth Description de L'Egypte. Denon embarked on this story of archeological exploration at the age of 51, reaching first Alexandria and then Cairo before exploring Upper Egypt. Along with the members of the Institut d'Egypte, the Natural History Museum's painter H.J. Redouté (brother of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, author of Roses), the mineralogist Dolomiue, and the draughtsman Joly, Denon then explored the Nile Delta and Lower Egypt. When, however, he joined the 21st Light Infantry Regiment as it marched across Upper Egypt in pursuit of the retreating Mameluks in November 1798, he found himself the only civilian. In the very midst of the battle itself, he reeled off sketches of the works of art that peppered his path right up to the threshold of the Sudan. He said that he had crossed "a country that is, apart from its name, entirely unknown to Europeans, and therefore everything was worth describing" (Voyages dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte pendant
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CASTEX & REDOUTE (delineavit) & LECLERC
DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Collection d'antiques. Figures en bronze, Figures et fragments en terre cuite émaillée. (ANTIQUITES, volume V, planche 62)
- Imprimerie Impériale, Paris 1809-1829, 53,5x71cm, une feuille. - Gravure originale à l'eau-forte in plano, non rognée, extraite de l'édition dite « Impériale » de la Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et recherches faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. Réalisée entre février 1802 et 1829 sur ordre de Napoléon Bonaparte et publiée à partir de 1809 [en réalité 1810], elle fut tirée à 1000 exemplaires sur Vergé filigrané « Égypte ancienne et moderne » et offerte aux institutions. Infimes et marginales piqûres sans aucune atteinte à la gravure, un petit trou de ver en marge gauche, sinon très bel état de fraîcheur et de conservation. Volume ANTIQUITES, V : Ces gravures fournissent à Jean-François Champollion une documentation épigraphique fondamentale pour le déchiffrage des hiéroglyphes et inspirent une lignée d'archéologues comme Mariette, Maspero et Carter qui donnent un nouveau visage à l'Egypte ancienne. Elles suscitent un engouement tel qu'elles donnent naissance au phénomène de l'égyptomanie et à l'orientalisme de Delacroix, Fromentin, Marilhat, Decamps mais aussi Théophile Gautier... Financiers, politiciens, marchands, et fouilleurs de tous ordres se presseront sur les rives du Nil en quête de bonnes affaires à la suite de cette redécouverte de l'Egypte. A l'origine de l'égyptologie, ces planches connaîtront une postérité immense. LA DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE, édition IMPERIALE (1809-1829) : La Description de l'Egypte est un des chefs d'uvre de l'édition française et le point de départ d'une nouvelle science : l'égyptologie. Titanesque exposé de l'Egypte au temps des conquêtes de Bonaparte entre 1798 et 1799, elle est répartie en 23 volumes dont 13 volumes de gravures rassemblant près de 1000 planches en noir et 72 en couleur. Les 6 volumes de planches intitulées Antiquités sont consacrés aux splendeurs de l'Egypte pharaonique. L'Histoire naturelle est répartie en 3 volumes de gravures. Un volume est consacré aux Cartes géographiques et topographiques tandis que les 3 volumes : Etat Moderne dressent un portrait saisissant de l'Egypte copte et islamique telle qu'elle était vue par les armées d'Orient de Bonaparte. La « campagne d'Egypte », désastre militaire, dévoile à travers les gravures de la Description de l'Egypte la réussite scientifique qu'elle est devenue, grâce aux quelques 167 savants membres de la Commission des sciences et des arts de l'Institut d'Egypte qui suivaient l'armée de Napoléon. L'Institut a réuni en Egypte le mathématicien Monge, le chimiste Berthollet, le naturaliste Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, ainsi que de nombreux artistes, ingénieurs, architectes, médecins... Ils eurent la charge de redécouvrir l'Egypte moderne et antique, d'en montrer les richesses naturelles, et le savoir-faire de ses habitants. L'édition originale, dite « Impériale », de la Description de l'Egypte fut réalisée sur quatre formats de grande taille, deux d'entre eux spécialement créés pour elle et baptisés formats « Moyen-Egypte » et « Grand-Egypte ». On construisit une presse spécifique pour son impression, qui s'étala sur vingt ans, entre 1809 et 1829. L'édition Impériale s'avéra si populaire qu'une deuxième édition en 37 volumes entièrement en noir et sans le filigrane « Egypte ancienne et moderne », dite édition « Panckoucke », fut publiée à partir de 1821 par l'imprimerie C.-L.-F. Panckoucke (Paris). La réalisation de ce monument d'érudition doit beaucoup au baron Dominique Vivant Denon, illustrateur, diplomate, collectionneur et par la suite directeur du musée Napoléon du Louvre qui accompagna Napoléon en Egypte avec de nombreux autres savants mais décida seul de s'aventurer dans le Sud du pays, alors que les autres scientifiques conviés restaient confinés dans la région du Caire. Les fabuleux croquis rapportés par Denon lors de sa romanesque chevauchée donnèrent l'idée à Bonaparte d'y envoyer les autres membres de l'Institut e
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