379-VILLIERS DU TERRAGE (E. de). Journal et souvenirs sur l'Expédition d'Égypte, (1798-1801). Arranged and published by Baron Marc de Villiers Du Terrage. Paris, Plon, 1899, small in-8, XXIII-378 pp, portrait-frontispiece, portraits and maps in-t., index, half-brown morocco, ribbed spine, gilt-stamped fillets, marbled head (period binding). First edition. A first-hand account by a member of the Commission des Sciences et Arts. A young polytechnician, he was appointed Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées by Bonaparte on November 3, 1798. In addition to the numerous topographical surveys he carried out, he was one of the first to provide information on archaeological discoveries in Upper Egypt. On his return to France, he was one of the active contributors to the Description de l'Égypte. De Meulenaere, 196-197. Tulard, 1499. A good copy.
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379-VILLIERS DU TERRAGE (E. de). Journal et souvenirs sur l'Expédition d'Égypte, (1798-1801). Arranged and published by Baron Marc de Villiers Du Terrage. Paris, Plon, 1899, small in-8, XXIII-378 pp, portrait-frontispiece, portraits and maps in-t., index, half-brown morocco, ribbed spine, gilt-stamped fillets, marbled head (period binding). First edition. A first-hand account by a member of the Commission des Sciences et Arts. A young polytechnician, he was appointed Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées by Bonaparte on November 3, 1798. In addition to the numerous topographical surveys he carried out, he was one of the first to provide information on archaeological discoveries in Upper Egypt. On his return to France, he was one of the active contributors to the Description de l'Égypte. De Meulenaere, 196-197. Tulard, 1499. A good copy.

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379-VILLIERS DU TERRAGE (E. de). Journal et souvenirs sur l'Expédition d'Égypte, (1798-1801). Arranged and published by Baron Marc de Villiers Du Terrage. Paris, Plon, 1899, small in-8, XXIII-378 pp, portrait-frontispiece, portraits and maps in-t., index, half-brown morocco, ribbed spine, gilt-stamped fillets, marbled head (period binding). First edition. A first-hand account by a member of the Commission des Sciences et Arts. A young polytechnician, he was appointed Ingénieur des Ponts et Chaussées by Bonaparte on November 3, 1798. In addition to the numerous topographical surveys he carried out, he was one of the first to provide information on archaeological discoveries in Upper Egypt. On his return to France, he was one of the active contributors to the Description de l'Égypte. De Meulenaere, 196-197. Tulard, 1499. A good copy.
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