Lot 450

Denon, Dominique Vivant, Baron








Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 31 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
£625
Description
Egypt Delineated, in a Series of Engravings, Exhibiting the Scenery, Antiquities, Architecture, Heiroglyphics, Costume, Inhabitants, Animals &c. of that Country, Selected from the Celebrated Work of Vivant Denon. London, Robert Thurston. 1826. Large Folio, (330 x4 77mm), engraved frontispiece portrait, 110 engraved plates, plans & maps (several folding, 1 large, 7 double page of which 4 with short tear at fold), 3 plates shaved touching text, later half morocco over maroon cloth boards, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, bookplate of H.E. Barker, corners rubbed, covers a little scuffed and marked, frontispiece with marginal dampstain







