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Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Hypogees Papyrus Manuscript from Thebes Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Hypogees Papyrus Manuscript from Thebes Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Hypogees Papyrus Manuscript from Thebes
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LOT 0468

Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Hypogees Papyrus Manuscript from Thebes

EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.

40 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (264 grams, 102 x 69 cm).

Proof etching on laid paper of plate 71 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. Hypogées. Manuscrit sur papyrus.

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, pp.248-249.

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). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from an underground tomb chamber (hypogeum).

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LOT 0468

Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Hypogees Papyrus Manuscript from Thebes

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