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THB1808 Denon "Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto" 2 Vols
Lot 246
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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**Originally Listed At $2000**
Western Europe, Italy, Florence, ca. 1808. Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon (French, 1747-1825). "Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto" and "Tavole Spettanti al Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, Illustrato" Florence: Presso Giuseppe Tofani, 1808. An impressive pair of books: the first Italian editions of "Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto" or "Voyages in Lower and Upper Egypt" and "Tavole Spettanti al Viaggio nel Basso ed Alto Egitto, Illustrato" or "Spectacular Tables of Voyages in Lower and Upper Egypt, Illustrated" by French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archeologist Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon. Both originally published in French in 1802, the first codex contains 214 pages of double column Italian text, while the second is comprised of 70 sepia aquatints and 80 further plates and charts. Denon joined the 1798 expedition to Egypt, at Bonaparte's invitation, as part of the arts and literature section of the Institut d'Egypte and made numerous sketches of the monuments of ancient art. Size (both about the same): 21.9" L x 15.6" W (55.6 cm x 39.6 cm)
These volumes are his resulting work and were considered a tremendous success, showing for the first time details of the extraordinary monumental richness in the land of the Pharaohs. This is the only edition to have some of the plates in aquatint; illustrations done this way (here, primarily topographic views) are in many ways more successful than the equivalent line engravings in the original and subsequent French editions.
Provenance: ex-Royal Athena Galleries, New York City, New York, USA
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#175632Some tearing and fraying to covers with a few marks to front cover of "Tavole Spettanti." Loose page near back of "Tavole Spettanti." Both have foxing and light wrinkling to pages with some light folds and small tears to peripheries, but text and imagery are still very clear. Watermarks on many pages of both, most notably "PF" and "IOSEPH VIVALDI" watermarks on "Tavole Spettanti."Condition
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