DENON, Vivant (1747–1825). Travels in Upper and

DENON, Vivant (1747–1825). Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt…During the Campaigns of General Bonaparte in that Country. Translated by Arthur Aikin. London: T. Gillet for T.N. Longman and O. Rees; and Richard Phillips, 1803. 3 volumes, 8vo. 61 engraved folding plates including frontispieces in Volume I and II (offsetting from plates to text, spotting or browning to plates, few folds splitting). Modern red half calf, marbled boards. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION. “A fascinating account of his adventures in Egypt as soldier, artist, explorer, and archaeologist. One of the most important of the French works on Egypt from this time” (Kalfatovic 0187) and was the “first to reveal the richness of Egyptian art to Europe” (Blackmer). Blackmer 471 (French folio edition); Ibrahim–Hilmy 172.