Description: 1820s RARE Savigny ANTS FORMICIDAE Description de l'Egypte HYMENOPTERA PL #20 *Copperplate Engraving on Hand-made, Chain-linked Rag Paper; only 1000 copies were ever produced. *This print is Rare-to-Very Scarce.*DIMENSIONS: Length: 26.5 inches; Width: 20 inches*An ORIGINAL Antiquarian Print from Napoleon Bonaparte's Monumental Work on the Natural History, Antiquities and Customs of Egypt as documented during his military occupation over two centuries ago. *Dozens of Stipple Engravings by the renowned French engraver Marie Jules Cesar Lelorgne de SAVIGNY.*The Work: "Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les orders de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (English: Description of Egypt, or the collection of observations and researches which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French Army, published by the order of His Majesty the Emperor, Napoleon the Great).*At the time of its publication in the early 1800s, "The Description of Egypt" was the largest known published work in the world.*The finished work was initiated by Napoleon and some 160 scholars and scientists who accompanied him in 1798-1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars, then completed in later years by about 2500 artists, engravers and technicians.*This print contains the Publisher's Stamp/Hallmark (a Sphinx) in the upper right corner. It is from the Second Edition, the Panckoucke edition, published around 1820 by Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke.*Illustrations in SUPERB DETAIL, featuring the highly social ANTS (Fourmis; Formicidae), with complex and varied life histories. *CONDITION: Generally clean throughout as shown in images. PLEASE SEE IMAGES for DETAILS: The Images are Part of the Description Shipping: Unless other arrangements are made, this unique and very scarce antiquarian print will be shipped in a protective tube.
Price: 60 USD
Location: Pocatello, Idaho
End Time: 2024-12-29T17:20:20.000Z
Shipping Cost: 14 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Image Orientation: Portrait
Size: Medium
Date of Creation: 1820s
Period: Early 19th Century (1800-1830)
Material: HAND-LAID, CHAIN-LINKED RAG PAPER
Item Length: 20 inches
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Region of Origin: FRANCE
Subject: EGYPT NATURAL HISTORY
Type: ANTIQUE ENGRAVING
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: ca1820
Item Height: 26.5 inches
Theme: Art
Features: Publisher's Blind Stamp (Sphinx) Upper Right Corner
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Production Technique: Copperplate Engraving
Culture: Egyptian
Time Period Produced: 1809-1829
