Denon (Dominique Vivant). Planches du voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, atlas only, 1829

Denon (Dominique Vivant). Planches du voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, atlas volume only, Paris: Henri Gaugain & Chaillou, 1829, 143 engraved plates (including 20 bis & 54 bis), a few plates at front with faint old damp-stain to lower outer margin (occasionally touching plate), light intermittent spotting and minor dust-soiling to margins, contemporary brown quarter morocco gilt, some light wear to extremities, foot of upper joint split, elephant folio (60 x 41 cm) (Quantity: 1) Atabey 338 (for 3rd edition); Blackmer 471 (for 2nd edition). 'Denon's work has been justly praised. As a member of the Commission des Sciences et Arts which accompanied Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, he remained in Egypt for thirteen months, working continuously to record the Egyptian monuments. He was the first to reveal the richness of Egyptian art to Europe'. (Atabey).