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 - 1828
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3015084
Summary
Bibliographic description
13 v. : ill. (engravings) (some col., some folded), maps, music, plans, ports. ; 44-112 cm. (fol.) Running number: 7888 (written in vol. [11] only). 13 volumes, containing the 'Préface historique' and a complete[?] set of plates of the Description de l'Égypte, as issued by publisher in original bindings. Set consists of: vol. [1] 'Préface historique'; [2] 'Antiquités planches. Tome premier' (1809); [3] 'Antiquités planches. Tome deuxième' (1812); [4] 'Antiquités planches. Tome troisième' (1812); [5] 'Antiquités planches. Tome quatrième' (1817); [6] 'Antiquités planches. Tome cinquième' (1822); [7] 'État modern, planches. Tome premier' (1809); [8] 'État modern, planches. Tome deuxième' (1817) and 'Histoire naturelle, planches. Tome deuxième' (1817); [9]-[10] double elephant size plates for 'Antiquités [et] État moderne'; [11] 'Histoire naturelle, planches. Tome premier' (1809); [12] large portfolio (106x72 cm.) containing card wrapper (74x58 cm.) with printed title page and manuscript part title "Etat moderne et histoire naturelle 1ere livraison" (1809), containing loose plates; [13] large portfolio (110x72 cm.) containing loose plates of the atlas volume, 'Carte topographique de l'Égypte' (1818), and plates from 'Antiquités' (vol. 5) and 'État modern' (vol. 1). Inserted loosely in vol. [7]: printed sheet 'Tableau général et sommaire des planches de la Description de l'Égypte' and one plate. Inserted loosely in vol. [10] are four printed sheets: (1)-(2) 'Liste particulière des planches de grand format, autres que celles de l'atlas géographique. Première[-second] liste'; (3) 'Liste des planches de la 3.e livraison (3.e section)'; (4) printed letter regarding the cost of binding the volumes, headed 'Commission d'Égypte', dated 'Paris, le ["10 Septembre" in MS.] 1826' and addressed in MS. "l'exemplaire de Lord Castlereagh chez M. le Mqs d'Ormond' [Castlereagh presumably refers to Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (1769-1822), who married Amelia Hobart, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire, of Blickling Hall, thus possibly explaining the presence of this book in Blickling's library; or it possibly refers to Frederick Stewart (1805-1872), styled Viscount Castlereagh from 1822 to 1854, who when young was looked after by his uncle and aunt, Robert and Amelia; Ormond is presumably James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond (1777-1838)]. Provenance: faint pencil inscription on half-titles of vol. [1]-[5], [7]-[9] and [11], varying form of either "Mr D'olmond" or "Mquis d'Olmond" [presumably James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde (1777-1838)]. Binding: vols. [1], [4]-[8] and [10] in full dark green pulled paste paper over pasteboards, gold-tooled red paper labels on spine with gilt title and part title; vols. [2]-[3] and [11] in quarter-bound sheepskin with dark green pulled paste paper over pasteboards, gold-tooled red paper labels on spines; vols. [9], [12] and [13] in half-bound sheepskin with dark green pulled paste paper over pasteboards. Vols. [2], [7], [11] with binder's ticket on front pastedown: 'No.45 Rue de la Harpe Tessier relieur doreur a Paris'; vol. [9] with different binder's ticket for Tessier, with decorative border. Vol. [12] with engraved ticket on front pastedown of portfolio: 'W.J. Reeves & Woodyer, late T. Reeves & Son / Superfine colour manufacturers to Her Majesty, the Prince of Wales, & royal family, their drawing-academies, military & naval. At No: 80, Holborn-Bridge, London. ...'. 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