Author: Norden, Fréderic-Louis Frederik Ludvig Norden (1708-1742)
Title: Voyage D’Egypte Et de Nubie. 4 Volumes Original Edition
Description: Paris,: Le Petit, Bibliothèque portative des Voyages. An VIII (1800). 4 volumes in-16, reliure de plein chagrin , dos lisses, reliure frottée , coiffes manquantes, coins émoussés. Série bien complète de son atlas composé d'une carte et de 22 planches. Quelques rousseurs, mouillures.,,,OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1419302296.. 16mo edition of "the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt, and its plates are the most significant previous to those by Denon" (cf. Blackmer 1211, 1755 edition). Danish Naval Captain and explorer Frederic-Louis Norden voyaged to Egypt in 1737-1738 at the behest of Christian VI, recording his travels in his diaries with extensive drawings and notes, including the earliest known representation of the Sphinx without its nose. These notes were then assembled by the Danish Royal Society and published first in 1755 in two folio volumes, and published in quarto with additional commentary assembled by Louis-Mathieu Langlès. Cox I, p 382. Hilmy II, p 74. .
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Title: Voyage D’Egypte Et de Nubie. 4 Volumes Original Edition
Description: Paris,: Le Petit, Bibliothèque portative des Voyages. An VIII (1800). 4 volumes in-16, reliure de plein chagrin , dos lisses, reliure frottée , coiffes manquantes, coins émoussés. Série bien complète de son atlas composé d'une carte et de 22 planches. Quelques rousseurs, mouillures.,,,OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 1419302296.. 16mo edition of "the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt, and its plates are the most significant previous to those by Denon" (cf. Blackmer 1211, 1755 edition). Danish Naval Captain and explorer Frederic-Louis Norden voyaged to Egypt in 1737-1738 at the behest of Christian VI, recording his travels in his diaries with extensive drawings and notes, including the earliest known representation of the Sphinx without its nose. These notes were then assembled by the Danish Royal Society and published first in 1755 in two folio volumes, and published in quarto with additional commentary assembled by Louis-Mathieu Langlès. Cox I, p 382. Hilmy II, p 74. .
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Price: US$ 450.00 Seller: Wittenborn Art Books
- Book number: 16-5699
- Book number: 16-5699
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