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Description de l'Égypte, ou, recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française, / publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoléon le Grand.

Description de l'Égypte, ou, recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française, / publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoléon le Grand.

Call Number:
1971 Folio 601  (Request the physical item to view in our reading room)
Alternate Title:
Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française
Creator: France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte Monge, Gaspard, 1746-1818 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Language:
French
Date: 1809-28.
Publisher: De Imprimerie impériale,
Subjects:
Natural history --Egypt
Scientific expeditions
Civilization--Egypt
Language and culture--Egypt
Art--Egypt
Music--Egypt
Egypt--Antiquities
Egypt--Atlases
Genres:
Illustrations
Engravings
Prints (Visual works)
Type of Resource:
still image
Description:
For detailed list of contents see G. Guémard. Bibliographie critique de la Commission des sciences et arts ... d'Égypte ... Le Caire, 1936. p. 76-82.
Abstract:
The first comprehensive description of ancient and modern Egypt, compiled by the 165 members of the Institut de l'Égypte established by Napoleon to accompany his expedition to Egypt in 1798-1801. This exhaustive survey of all aspects of ancient and modern life in Egypt was carried out under the supervision of the mathematician Gaspard Monge, the appointed President of the new Institute (of which Napoleon was Vice-President).
Physical Description:
9 v. : ports., tables, maps, diagr. ; 39 cm. + atlases of plates (12 v. ; 73 and 110 cm.)
Volume/Enumeration:
Vol. 1; III:1 (Histoire naturelle, Planches T.1)
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Curatorial Area: Beinecke Library
Exhibition Note:
Peabody Museum Egyptomania
Catalog Record:
A record for this resource appears in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Extent of Digitization:
Partial work digitized.
Source Digital Format:
High Resolution (image/tiff)
Object ID: 10542397
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