Description de l'Egypte. Lot n° 1083

Ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armee francaise. (2nd ed.). Of which 226 (of a total of 894 published) tls. dplblgr. copper plates. Paris, Panckoucke 1820-30. imp.fol. lots in private portfolio with attached delivery OU. Delivery OU. (traces of use). On the first edition (1809-28) of the monumental work cf. Blackmer 476 and Atabey 343 - In 1820 the Parisian bookseller, publisher, and writer Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke (1780-1844) began with the publication of a second edition of the "Description de l'Égypte" which he dedicated to the French king. This new edition, when completed in 1830, consisted of 24 (in 26) volumes of text and 12 volumes of plates, whose copper engravings were printed without color, unlike the various editions of the first edition. - The Description de l'Égypte is considered a major impetus to the emergence of Egyptology as a science. - ╔Present:╗ Antiquites Vol. II (62-64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 76-92). Antiquites Vol. III (5-10, 12, 14-16, 19, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27-40, 42, 44-48, 50, 52-55, 57-62, 64-69). Antiquites Vol. IV (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13-15, 17, 18, 22-24, 26-28, 30-32, 35-44, 46, 47, 51, 55, 57-59, 62). Botanique (1-14, 17, 19, 20, 23-36, 38-49). Mammiferes (1-7). Mineralogy (1, 2, 4, 6-9, 11). Reptiles (2-5, 7, 8). Arachnides (1, 8). Coquilles (4, 14). Crustaces (2). Echinodermes (1, 8). Gasteropodes (1). Oiseaux (2-10). Orthopteres (3, 4). Poisson (18-24). Poisson du Nil (1-12, 14-17). Polypes (2, 10, 12-14). - Some plates somewhat soiled, ca. 15 plates with tears and/or creases in w. margins. margins. - 2nd edition. Out of it 226 (of 894) copper plates. Loose in folder (worn). Few plates soiled, approx. 15 plates with tears and/or creases in the margins.