Egypt
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- A Second Origianl Copy Of 'description' Is Available In Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Librarian Marie Bryan, manager of Chicago House Library it Luxor, has announced that they have a handwritten copy of the famous book ‘Description De l’Egypt’ and that it is open for researchers and Luxor habitants to...
- 200 Years Of The Description De L'egypte
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) THE MAGNIFICENT setting of the église du D¤me at Les Invalides in Paris is the backdrop for a small exhibition, running until September 2009, designed to celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of the first volumes...
- Exhibition: More Re Description At Beaux Arts
http://www.beauxartsart.com/EgyptIntro.html To accompany the opening of Napoleon's Description de L'Egypte exhibition, which is on dipslay from May 12th to 14th July 2007, the Beaux Arts Gallery (Dallas, Texas) has published an online story entitled...
- Exhibition: Description De L'egypte In Dallas
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20198"Beaux Arts will present Description de L’Egypte, the story of The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt. The art exhibit, consisting of 87 original prints from the historic publication,...
- Ankh Revue D'égyptologie Et Des Civilisations Africaines 14/15
http://www.ankhonline.com/revue.htmThanks very much to Susanna Willer for letting me know that details of the latest edition of French web publication Ankh (Ankh n. 14/15) are available at the above address. Contents are as follows: - Théophile Obenga...
Egypt
Original copy of La Description de l'Egypte to be sold at auction
Christie's
Christie’s proudly announces the sale of the Michel Wittock Collection, Part IV, which will be held in Paris on May 11. As well as an exceptional copy of the famous Description de l’Egypte, bound by Jean-Joseph Tessier in polished and richly decorated calfskin, the collection includes a
fine selection of French literature in master bindings from the late XIXth to the XXIst century, by or after design by Marius-Michel, Rose Adler, Pierre Legrain, François-Louis Schmied and Paul Bonet. Jean de Gonet is represented in a unique selection of more than 30 examples ranging from 1977 to 2006.
Collection Michel Wittock, Part IV
Jean-Joseph Tessier and the Description de l’EgypteThe highlight of the sale is the Description de l’Égypte, 23 volumes in their original mahogany display case, which is expected to realize €500.000 to €700.000. This is the first edition of this monumental publication, which is considered to be the foundation of modern Egyptology: a virtually complete set of the large paper issue, printed on woven paper with handcoloured ornithological plates.
- A Second Origianl Copy Of 'description' Is Available In Egypt
Ahram Online (Nevine El-Aref) Librarian Marie Bryan, manager of Chicago House Library it Luxor, has announced that they have a handwritten copy of the famous book ‘Description De l’Egypt’ and that it is open for researchers and Luxor habitants to...
- 200 Years Of The Description De L'egypte
Al Ahram Weekly (David Tresilian) THE MAGNIFICENT setting of the église du D¤me at Les Invalides in Paris is the backdrop for a small exhibition, running until September 2009, designed to celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of the first volumes...
- Exhibition: More Re Description At Beaux Arts
http://www.beauxartsart.com/EgyptIntro.html To accompany the opening of Napoleon's Description de L'Egypte exhibition, which is on dipslay from May 12th to 14th July 2007, the Beaux Arts Gallery (Dallas, Texas) has published an online story entitled...
- Exhibition: Description De L'egypte In Dallas
http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=20198"Beaux Arts will present Description de L’Egypte, the story of The Napoleonic Survey of Egypt. The art exhibit, consisting of 87 original prints from the historic publication,...
- Ankh Revue D'égyptologie Et Des Civilisations Africaines 14/15
http://www.ankhonline.com/revue.htmThanks very much to Susanna Willer for letting me know that details of the latest edition of French web publication Ankh (Ankh n. 14/15) are available at the above address. Contents are as follows: - Théophile Obenga...