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.

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Description

Title: 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.
Alternative 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
Published / Created: 1809-28.
Publication Place: A Paris :
Publisher: De Imprimerie impériale,
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).
Description: All volumes except double elephant folios have half-title: Description de l'Égypte.
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.
Some text in Arabic and Greek.
Extent: 9 v. : ports., tables, maps, diagr. ; 39 cm. + atlases of plates (12 v. ; 73 and 110 cm.)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French

Collection Information

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: 1971 Folio 601

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format: still image
Genre: Engravings
Illustrations
Prints (Visual works)
Resource Type: Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Subject (Geographic): Egypt--Antiquities
Egypt--Atlases
Subject (Topic): Art--Egypt
Civilization--Egypt
Language and culture--Egypt
Music--Egypt
Natural history --Egypt
Scientific expeditions

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 3457036
Object ID (OID): 10542400