DENON (Dominique Vivant). - Lot 150

DENON (Dominique Vivant). Plates of the journey in the lower and upper Egypt. Paris : printers of Didot l'aîné, An X (1802)]. - Atlas in-folio, 562 x 402 : (1 f.), 142 ff. of plates. Dark blue half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets, smooth spine decorated, marbled edges (period binding). The only atlas of the first edition of the Voyage dans la basse et haute Égypte, pendant les campagnes du Général Bonaparte, which usually accompanies a volume of text. It consists of 143 plates spread over 142 leaves, plates 4 and 5 being on the same leaf and plates 20 and 54 being accompanied by a plate 20 bis and 54 bis. In total the atlas contains the representation of more than 500 subjects (views, costumes, monuments, panoramas, antiquities, maps, etc.), carefully drawn by Dominique Vivant Denon and engraved by himself or by Pillement, Croutelle, G. Malbeste, Berthault, Fortier, etc. A good copy in contemporary binding, from the library of M. Beaupré, counsellor at the court of Nancy. Fragile hinges, rubbing from use, dull corners, snags and slight lacks to the headpieces. Freckles. Provenance: Beaupré, with ex-libris.