Accession number
PML 16111-29
Published
A Paris : de l'Imprimerie impériale, 1809-1828.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Notes
Much of the work drawn from material assembled by members of the Institut d'Égypte. Publication supervised by a Commission des sciences et arts d'Égypte appointed by the Ministère de l'Interieur.
Vols. published 1817-1828, have imprint: de l'Imprimerie Royale.
The text was issued in livraisons as 11 v. (including the plate-sized Préface historique. Explication des planches); the plates in 10 v. in several formats (71x54 cm., 107x69 cm., 127x70 cm.) totaling 894 plates, with 36 additional prepared to be bound into the text v. The Carte topographique is in the "grand monde" or large format.
Index géographique, in État moderne, v. 2, pt. 2, p. 787-846.
Library's Préface historique [et] Explication des planches bound with Carte topographique.
Vols. published 1817-1828, have imprint: de l'Imprimerie Royale.
The text was issued in livraisons as 11 v. (including the plate-sized Préface historique. Explication des planches); the plates in 10 v. in several formats (71x54 cm., 107x69 cm., 127x70 cm.) totaling 894 plates, with 36 additional prepared to be bound into the text v. The Carte topographique is in the "grand monde" or large format.
Index géographique, in État moderne, v. 2, pt. 2, p. 787-846.
Library's Préface historique [et] Explication des planches bound with Carte topographique.
Description
19 v. : ill. (engravings) (some col., some folded), maps, music, plans, ports. ; 41-111 cm. (fol.)
Provenance
Henry Stevens; Henry Sotheran, bookseller's ticket; Pierpont Morgan, purchased from H. S. Arundel Bell, 1908.
Binding
Bound by Francis Bedford for Henry Stevens in 1859.
Classification
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