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DENON (Vivant). Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute...

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DENON (Vivant). Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte, pendant les campagnes du général Bonaparte. Paris, P. Didot l'Aîné, 1803. 3 vol. in-12, 10 x 18 cm, and one atlas in-folio, 39 x 55 cm, XXII + 324 pp. & 2 ff. 348 pp. 1 folded plate & 2 ff. 296 pp. & 1 f., 142 plates (numbered 141) including 10 folded, modern binding in green half calf with corners, spines decorated with gilt faux-nerfs and fleurons. Edition in-12, with the atlas in-folio. A fine edition of the atlas, with its large margins and 142 plates, some engraved by Denon (1747-1825), a very good copy. Angular staining to the first part of the second volume, small wormholes filled in the second volume (pages 283-314) with slight damage to the text.