Print Description
Medium: Line and stipple engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 50 x 70 cm (19.69 x 27.56 inch). Image size: 41 x 56 cm. (16.14 x 22.05 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Paper edges chipped and with some light browning. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BAT, EGYPT, DESCRIPTION DE L’EGYPTE, GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, ZOOLOGY, NATURAL HISTORY, NAPOLEON | FOLDER-XLARGE
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Description de l’Egypte, Histoire Naturelle, Paris, Impr. Imperiale, 1809.
State: First edition.
Reference: NYPL OBM+++ Description de l’Egypte; B-number: b14212718.
Biography engraver: The engravings were produced by a team of skilled engravers working under the Commission des Sciences et Arts d’Egypte; individual names were often omitted.
Biography artist: Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) was a French zoologist and naturalist. He contributed to the Description de l’Egypte and was a pioneer in comparative anatomy.
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