Books and Manuscripts · Lotto 2466
[Egypt]. Jomard, E.F. a.o. (ed.). Description de l'Egypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expedition de l'armée fançaise. Antiquités, descriptions. Text vols. 1 and 2.
Paris, l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1809, 28 parts in 2 vols., later unif. hmor. w. elaborately gilt backstrips w. Egyptian ornaments and w. the ornate gilt central monogram of Ibrahim Hilmy on both covers, a.e.g., folio.
- Lotto
- 2466
- Stima
- 200 € – 300 €
- Aggiudicato
- 275 €
- Foto
- 3 foto
Condizioni
Sl. foxed at beginning and end of both vols. Corners sl. worn. Otherwise fine.
Note
From the library of bibliographer Ibrahim Hilmy, with his AUTOGRAPH PRESENTATION to Ahmad Muhtar Pasa (Ottoman High Commissioner of Egypt from 1885 to 1900) on the htitle of vol.I. Hilmy I, 239-240. Two attractively bound vols., forming part of the fundamental publication on Egypt that was published between 1809-1829 and consists of 9 text vols. and 11 plate vols. The first vol. contains i.a. an extensive description of Thebes by Jollois, Devilliers, Jomard and Costaz.