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Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition, apart from the title-area having been trimmed away. 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt. In 1798, Napo... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some overall light foxing. 16 3/4 x 24 3/8 inches. 21 1/4 x 26 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt. In 1798,... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some overall light foxing. 17 3/8 x 24 inches. 20 x 26 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt. In 1798, Napoleo... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some light foxing in the margins. 17 1/4 x 22 3/4 inches. 21 1/2 x 27 7/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egyp... more information

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1878). Hardcover. Near fine. A new edition, revised and corrected. 8vo. Three volumes. Publisher's green buckram, spines with gilt titles and decoration. 47 plates, many in color and folding. Publication date is taken from the dedication. Light wear to edges else a very good to near fine copy. Considered the best edition of this landmark study of British Egyptology. ... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some very minor soiling in the margins. 23 1/8 x 16 3/4 inches. 28 x 21 1/2 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Eg... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some minor foxing in the margins and a 3/4" tear in the bottom margin. 16 5/8 x 23 inches. 21 1/4 x 27 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated ... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some minor foxing in the margins and a 3/4" tear in the bottom margin. 13 5/8 x 19 1/8 inches. 21 3/8 x 27 5/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustra... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some overall light foxing. 18 1/8 x 20 1/4 inches. 21 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt. In 1... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from some very minor foxing, several skillfully repaired tears in the margins, and a few mild abrasions in the top margin. 17 3/8 x 23 5/8 inches. 20 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from a soft crease to the lower right corner. 19 3/8 x 26 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt. In 1798, Napol... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition, with the exception of a small hole to the left margin, not affecting the image. 20 5/8 x 27 1/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from a light water stain in the left margin and some very minor foxing in the margins and the bottom part of the image. 19 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches. 25 7/8 x 39 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-180... more information

1930 . VAN DINE, S.S. THE SCARAB MURDER CASE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First edition. Fine, bright, tight copy with all lettering on the cloth bright and un-chipped, in lightly professionally restored dust jacket. Philo Vance's elaborate murder investigation takes place in a museum of Egyptology. There is a great deal of material on ancient Egyptian a... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from two small tears in the left margin, a few mild yellowish surface abrasions in the lower left side of the image, and some very minor foxing in the margins. 22 x 38 inches. 26 7/8 x 42 1/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientif... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving with later professional hand-colouring. Very good condition apart from some soft creasing and a few skilfully repaired tears at the platemark, tiny loss at lower left corner. 20 x 27 3/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-18... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving with later professional hand-colouring. Very good condition. 18 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801) and the first comprehensive illustrated description of ancient and modern Egypt. In 1798, Napoleon embarked... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving, with later professional hand-colouring. Very good condition apart from a few mild surface abrasions in the top margin and lower left corner of the plate mark, a 1/2" tear in the right margin, and some very minor foxing in the margins. 16 3/4 x 23 1/8 inches. 20 5/8 x 28 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the res... more information

London: John Murray, 1847. Third edition. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, raised bands, red morocco title label, black morocco volume label, both in gilt, boards ruled and bordered in gilt, edges and turn-ins decorated with gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Very good copies, extremities rubbed, one volume with top fore-corners bumped and worn with minor loss, labels with some chipped edges, owner's bookplate on front pastedowns, binding solid, contents fine. A beautiful set. 8vo. Illus. with 94 li... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817-[1830]. Copper engraving with later professional hand-colouring. Very good condition apart from some very minor foxing, several skillfully repaired tears in the margins, and a few mild abrasions in the top margin. 20 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition ... more information