Author: Duc de Chaulnes; Louis Joseph d'Albert
Title: Memoire Sur la Veritable Entree Du Monument Egyptien
Description: Paris, Louis Jorry, 1783. Unbound. A vanishingly scarce monograph on a monument in Egypt, a tomb for animals, a French work illustrated with a folding map. A vanishingly scarce work.In the original French.The second edition, first published in 1777, as an extract from 'Journal de Physique&apos.Illustrated with a folding map, and one plate. Collated, complete.This work details the monument known as the Well of Birds, in Saqqara, which was used as a tomb for sacred animals.The author, Louis Joseph d'Albert, 6th Duke of Chaulnes, travelled to Egypt in 1763, on a trip to try and produce accurate drawings of monuments which had previously been undescribed or poorly described. In this work, he details his attempts to make plaster casts of the hieroglyphs, though his attempts were fruitless. Disbound, with a small amount of paper retained to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound, the folding map is working loose. Pages are age-toned and generally clean, with scattered spots and handling marks. Light edge wear and spots to the folding map. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: Memoire sur la Veritable Entree du Monument Egyptien egypt duc dechaulnes louis joseph d'albert egypt Not Stated
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Title: Memoire Sur la Veritable Entree Du Monument Egyptien
Description: Paris, Louis Jorry, 1783. Unbound. A vanishingly scarce monograph on a monument in Egypt, a tomb for animals, a French work illustrated with a folding map. A vanishingly scarce work.In the original French.The second edition, first published in 1777, as an extract from 'Journal de Physique&apos.Illustrated with a folding map, and one plate. Collated, complete.This work details the monument known as the Well of Birds, in Saqqara, which was used as a tomb for sacred animals.The author, Louis Joseph d'Albert, 6th Duke of Chaulnes, travelled to Egypt in 1763, on a trip to try and produce accurate drawings of monuments which had previously been undescribed or poorly described. In this work, he details his attempts to make plaster casts of the hieroglyphs, though his attempts were fruitless. Disbound, with a small amount of paper retained to the backstrip. Internally, firmly bound, the folding map is working loose. Pages are age-toned and generally clean, with scattered spots and handling marks. Light edge wear and spots to the folding map. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: Memoire sur la Veritable Entree du Monument Egyptien egypt duc dechaulnes louis joseph d'albert egypt Not Stated
Price: GBP 400.00 = appr. US$ 571.19 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 942P54
- Book number: 942P54
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