Egyptian Eye of Horus Amulet

Proof etching on laid paper of plate 25 from Vol.II 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. entitled Thèbes. Memnonium. Vue du péristyle du tombeau et des débris de la statue colossale d'Osymandyas, prise de l'ouest. 211 grams, 105 x 69 cm



From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The "Memnonium" is the Greek name for the mortuary temple of Ramesses II, now known as the Ramesseum.

Two mummiform shabtis from the same mould, wearing a lappet wig and false beard, and holding a pick, hoe, and miniscule seed bag; inscribed with a column of hieroglyphic text on the front repeating the opening dedication "The illuminated one, the Osiris" ( sḥḏ wsỉr), and another on the dorsal pillar giving the name of the deceased, possibly to be read as Ha-bener-Re (ḥꜢ-bnr-rꜤ), a Ka-priest (ḥm-kꜢ). 16.4 grams total, 72 mm each



From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Proof etching on laid paper of plate 1 entitled Thèbes. Plan général de la portion de la Vallée du Nil qui comprend les ruines, Volume II, Plate 1. 341 grams, 103.8 x 69.5 cm



From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.

Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor).