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[Egypt] Memoirs on Egypt published during General Bonaparte’…
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[Egypt] Memoirs on Egypt published during General Bonaparte’…
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Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
[Egypt] Memoirs on Egypt published during General Bonaparte’s campaigns, in Years VI and VII. Paris, Printed by P. Didot the Elder, Year VIII [1800]. One in-8 volume, in contemporary veal leather with natural edges, plain spine with decorative lettering, and three gilt fillets framing the covers. VIII, 411 pp., 2 pl.
2 large fold-out maps showing Lake Menzaleh and the Natron Lakes Valley.
First edition of the first volume of this important scientific collection arising from the work of the Institute of Egypt, comprising mainly papers previously published in *La Décade égyptienne*, to which several unpublished texts were added. It brings together the works of the leading scholars who accompanied Bonaparte’s expedition, including Monge, Berthollet, Fourier, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Savigny, Desgenettes, Malus, Andréossy, Costaz, Nectoux and Vivant Denon. In particular, it contains Gaspard Monge’s famous ‘Memoir on the optical phenomenon known as the Mirage’ (pp. 64–79).
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
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Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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