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Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Elephantine Island Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Elephantine Island Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Elephantine Island
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LOT 0469

Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Elephantine Island

EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.

41 1/2 x 27 1/8 in. (223 grams, 105.5 x 69 cm).

Proof etching on laid paper of plate 31 from Vol.I 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 Ile d'Eléphantine et Syène. Plan général de l'Île d'Eléphantine, de Syène, et des carrières de granit exploitées par les Anciens Egyptiens.

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. reprint of the whole work in Various, 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, Köln, 1989, p.76.

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. 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). Elephantine Island holds archaeological remains that span the entire history of ancient Egypt. Syene is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian city of Swennet, now known as Aswan.

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LOT 0469

Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Elephantine Island

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