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LOT 0450
Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph Print
1817 A.D.
43 1/2 x 26 1/4 in. (220 grams, 110.5 x 66.5 cm (sheet)).
Charles-Louis Balzac & Berthault - Alexandrie. Vue de l'esplanade ou grande place du Port Neuf, et de l'enceinte des arabes, première partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 97 from Description de l'Égypte: ou, Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont été Faites en Égypte Pendant l'Expédition de l'Armée Française with later backing sheet.
Provenance
From the collection of a North American priest.
Acquired between 1981-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
Literature
Cf. similar print in the New York Public Library collection - IMAGE ID 1268810.
Footnotes
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.
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