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The Monuments of Egypt: The Napoleonic Edition : the Complete Archaeological Plates from la Description de L'Egypte

Categorie	Het oude Egypte
Boeknummer	#407811-LI20
Titel	The Monuments of Egypt: The Napoleonic Edition : the Complete Archaeological Plates from la Description de L'Egypte
Auteur	Gillispie, Charles Coulston & Michel Dewachter
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Old Saybrook, CT : Konecky & Konecky
Jaar van uitgave	1987
ISBN10	1568522657
ISBN13	9781568522654
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original blue boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in b/w, unpaged, 4to.
Samenvatting	In 1801 the army of Napoleon invaded Egypt. In the course of his conquest, he commissioned a team of architectural engineers to conduct a survey of the monuments and artifacts discovered there. The result was to significantly change the way scholars and scientists viewed the world and give rise to the study of Egyptology. All of their meticulously drawn plates pertaining to Egyptian antiquities have been reproduced in this extraordinary volume. Temples, monuments, hieroglyphs and plans of sites have been rendered with remarkable detail. It was on this expedition that the Rosetta Stone, which turned out to be the key to decoding hieroglyphics, was discovered. An introduction by the Princeton professor, Charles Coulston Gillipsie provides context and background to more than 480 pages of plat... (Lees verder)es.
Pagina's	528
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 12,50

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