France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte Monge, Gaspard, 1746-1818 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Published / Created:
1809-28.
Call Number:
1971 Folio 601
Image Count:
24
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
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).
Alternative Title:
Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française
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., and Some text in Arabic and Greek.
Publisher:
De Imprimerie impériale,
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt--Antiquities and Egypt--Atlases
Subject (Topic):
Art--Egypt, Civilization--Egypt, Language and culture--Egypt, Music--Egypt, Natural history --Egypt, and Scientific expeditions
France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte Monge, Gaspard, 1746-1818 Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Published / Created:
1809-28.
Call Number:
1971 Folio 601
Image Count:
18
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
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).
Alternative Title:
Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française
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., and Some text in Arabic and Greek.
Publisher:
De Imprimerie impériale,
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt--Antiquities and Egypt--Atlases
Subject (Topic):
Art--Egypt, Civilization--Egypt, Language and culture--Egypt, Music--Egypt, Natural history --Egypt, and Scientific expeditions
Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687 Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592
Published / Created:
1685-86.
Call Number:
Ik P810 Zz685
Image Count:
3
Alternative Title:
Essais. English
Description:
BEIN Ik P810 Zz685: Another issue: 1685-93. 3 v. front. (port.) 18-19 cm. (v. 3, 18 cm.) Vol. 3 has imprint: London, Printed for T. Basset, at the George in Fleet-street; and M. Gillistower [!], and W. Hensman, in Westminster-Hall, 1693. Duplicate of fro
Histoire de la Nouvelle France : contenant les navigations, decouvertes, & habitations faites par
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
Figure de la terre neuve, grande ri
Description:
Bound in after p. 236., Depicts coat of arms of Henry IV of France., In pencil on verso: 236., Map has one small hole along fold of second panel at the top., Map has several small brown marks, most notably on the verso., and Scale [ca. 1:9,428,600].
Subject (Geographic):
Acadia --Early works to 1800, America --Discovery and exploration --French --Early works to 1800, New France --Discovery and exploration --Early works to 1800, and New France --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Millot, Jean, b. 1582, printer, Swelinck, Jan, engraver
, and Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571?
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America --Early works to 1800 and Indians of North America --Nova Scotia --Early works to 1800
Histoire de la Nouvelle-France : contenant les navigations, decouvertes, & habitations faites par
Image Count:
1
Description:
Bound in after p. 496., In pencil in upper left corner: 497., Map has three or four small brown marks on verso, the largest of which is on the right margin., and Scale not given.
Subject (Geographic):
America --Discovery and exploration --French --Early works to 1800, New France --Discovery and exploration --Early works to 1800, and New France --Maps --Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Millot, Jean, b. 1582, printer, Swelinck, Jan, engraver, and Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571?