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Description of Egypt

Name: Description of Egypt
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: KW39W8LE13
Price: 200 EUR
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By Gallery Antiquités Belhache

200 €

Period 19th century

Style Empire Style, Consulat

DELIVERY

From: 27300, Bernay , France

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Description of Egypt
Flight: H.N Plate No. 59
Title: Botany
Description: 1 Urceolaria Sub-Caerulea. 2 Parmelia Miniata. 3 Urceolaria Rhizophora. 4 Urceolaria Conferta. 5 Lecidea Minima. 6.6'.6" Phallus Roseus. 7 Lecidea Quinquetubera. 8 Lecidea Circum-Alba.ta. 9 Lecidea Vetusta. 10 Lecidea Canescens. 11.11' Parmelia Pinguiuscula.
Drawings by Alire Raffeneau-Delile 1778-1850

He participated with Bonaparte in the Egyptian campaign from which he brought back the Lotus and the Papyrus.
Director of the Botanical Garden in Cairo, he is in charge of the botanical part of Vivant Denon's trip to Lower and Upper Egypt.
In 1832, while exercising the function of Vice-Consul of France in North Carolina, he was appointed director of the Jardin des Plantes in Montpellier.
He brings back two Maclura plants which he plants in the Montpellier garden where you can still see them.
He enriches the Montpellier herbarium with many species.
Two genera are attributed to it Delilia and Raffenoldia.
He was also a professor of natural history in Montpellier in 1819
Etching.
Collection of Observations and Research that were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published by the Orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great (1809-1829).
First edition, watermark in the plate "Ancient and modern Egypt".
Cardboard tube and free shipping for France.
Dirt, moisture stains and small tears on the periphery without affecting the engraving.

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Additional Information

Condition	Good
Style	Empire Style, Consulat (Engravings, Prints of Empire Style, Consulat Style)
Period	19th century (Engravings, Prints 19th century)
Width (cm)	71
Height (cm)	54