Description de l'Égypte, ou 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. ...
Edme-François Jomard (1777-1862)
Category
Books
Date
1809 - 1822
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3013493
Summary
Bibliographic description
9 vols. ; 44 cm. (fol.) 9 volumes of text from an incomplete set of the Description de l'Égypte, as issued by publisher in original volumes or livraisons in their paper wrappers with printed labels on the spines. Set consists of: 'Antiquités, descriptions', 1809-1818, 3 vols. (t. 1 in 2 vols., t. 2 in 1 vol.); 'Antiquités, mémoires', 1809, 2 vols. (t. 1 and t. 1, 3rd livraison); 'Antiquités, mémoires et descriptions', undated, 1 vol. (t. 3, 3rd livraison, 2nd section); 'État modern, mémoires', 1822, 2 vols. (t. 2, 2nd partie and t. 2, 3rd livraison, 2nd section); and 'Histoire naturelle. mémoires', undated, 1 vol. (3rd livraison, 2nd section, continuing t. 1 and 2). Binding: 'Antiquités, descriptions' all in pink pulled paste paper wrappers; 'Antiquités, mémoires', one vol. in pink pulled paste paper wrapper, one vol. in blue pulled paste paper wrapper; 'Antiquités, mémoires et descriptions', 'État modern, mémoires' and 'Histoire naturelle. mémoires' all in dark blue paper wrappers. Printed label containing main title, part title, vol. number and part number on the spines. Untrimmed edges.
Makers and roles
Edme-François Jomard (1777-1862) , editor Emperor Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769–1821), creator Gaspard Monge (1746-1818), supervisor France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte, organisation