Shelfmark
Aq.2.2.03 - Aq.2.2.08, Aq.2.3.01 - Aq.2.3.05
Additional shelfmark
Go.5.01 - Go.5.22, Go.6.17 - Go.6.18
Title
Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française dédiée au roi, publiée par C. L. F. Panckoucke.
Edition
2 éd.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Paris : Imprimerie de C.L.F. Panckoucke, M. D. CCC. XX. - M. D. CCC. XXVI. [1820-1826]
Physical description
11-24 v. : ill. ; 22-73 cm. (8vo-Fo.)
Note
Edition statement placed above statement of responsibility.
Note
Includes half-title.
Note
Largely composed of engraved plates of illustrations.
Formatted contents note
Contents: T. 1-5, Antiquités -- t. 6, Atlas géographique -- t. 7-8, État moderne -- t. 9-11, Histoire naturelle.
Provenance
[Both sets] Armorial bookplate of Eton School Library, recording donation by Major W. J. Myers, April 1898.
Provenance
[Go.5.01 - Go.5.22, Go.6.17 - Go.6.18] Go.6.18 includes two stamps of the Imperial University and State Library in Strasbourg, one of which indicates this volume was a duplicate.
Binding
[Aq.2.2.03 - Aq.2.2.08, Aq.2.3.01 - Aq.2.3.05] 19th-century half dark green morocco; gold tooled decoration on spine; brown and yellow marbled paper on boards and endpapers.
Binding
[Go.5.01 - Go.5.22, Go.6.17 - Go.6.18] 19th-century quarter-bound green calfskin and marbled paper over millboards. Spine flat, decorated with gilt tools, rolls, and titling ("Description de l'Égypte"). Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of marbled (pastedowns and facing flyleaves) and undecorated paper; two flyleaves at both ends of the textblock.
Copy-specific note
[Aq.2.2.03 - Aq.2.2.08, Aq.2.3.01 - Aq.2.3.05] Some plates hand-coloured.
Subject
Natural history Egypt.
Subject
Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801 Campaigns Egypt.
Subject
Egypt Antiquities.
Subject
Egypt Civilization.
Subject
Egypt Description and travel.
Added entry--name
Panckoucke, C. L. F., 1780 - 1844 (Charles Louis Fleury), editor, publisher.
Added entry--name
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B29309