The campaign was a military and political disaster, but nonetheless it had a profound and lasting impact, by revealing the splendour of a mysterious and forgotten civilization. Napoleons expedition to the discovery of ancient egypt by franco serino online at alibris. Along with them were sent scientists who recorded all ancient egyptian artifacts they could. Simply brit shipped with premium postal service within 24 hours from the uk with impressive delivery time. It was the fruit of the labours of 167 scientists brought by napoleon bonaparte to egypt in 1798, who after a stay of three years, went back france and worked diligently with some 2000 draftsmen and engravers for 20 years to. Napoleons expedition to the discovery of ancient egypt serino, franco on. A very fine example of one of the greatest achievements. It was the fruit of the labours of 167 scientists brought by napoleon bonaparte to egypt in 1798, who after a stay of three years, went back france and worked diligently with some 2000 draftsmen and engravers for 20 years to produce a monumental work of almost plates and some 7500 pages of text. The arcitectural and geographical and scientific content of the original has been edited out, a dissapointment for me as this was my. In 1798, napoleon embarked on his legendary expedition to egypt with the ambition of wresting control. Napoleons description of egypt with louis marchesano and. They found the rosetta stone which when deciphered enabled scholars to read hieroglyphics. This monumental work is the lasting legacy of the french expedition in egypt 17981801.
School of information science isis developed a tool to publish books in the. The ministry coordinated with the customs authority to inspect the parcels, which contained 22 pages of the book, 18 frames containing pages from the book, and an antique carpet. Book 10 18xx, volume i preface et explication des planches. Also a shorthand bibliographical description of a book s composition by its. For over 20 years, they systematically examined almost every aspect of contemporary and ancient egyptian civilization, producing 20 volumes of text and plates of unmatched accuracy and detail. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Including 844 large engraved plates, many in colour, it is one of the greatest achievements of french publishing metropolitan museum of art, new york. The book is a substantial offering for the price under 7ukp at time of writing, with 752 pages of good quality slightly shiny paper, stuffed full of good quality reproduction of the original copper plate engravings. During napoleon bonapartes reign he sent an egyptian campaign to try and conquer egypt. John bargh, the worlds leading expert on the unconscious mind, presents a groundbreaking book, twenty years in the making, which gives us an entirely new understanding of the hidden mental processes that secretly govern every. Collation process by which the contents of a book are inspected for completeness, checking against internal evidence, the table of contents andor plate list, and reference works. Napoleons expedition to the discovery of ancient egypt. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions.
Only a handful of archaeologists have studied its history or unearthed the nubian cities, temples, and cemeteries that once dotted the landscape of southern egypt and northern. They compiled an impressive amount of data and specimens from all facets of egyptian life and its environment covering the areas. This by egypt, napoleon is available at bauman rare books. The highlights focus on artistic and monumental content in general. The 20volume book was originally entitled description of egypt, or the collection of notes and research done in. Known as the french commission on the sciences and arts of egypt, these experts undertook an extensive survey of the countrys archeology, topography, and natural history. The renowned rosetta stone, which bears a decree of ptolemy v epiphanes in hieroglyphs, demotic. For napoleons ships also carried some 500 scholars, scientists and artists whose task it was to.
If you want an indepth analysis of the background to description, its purpose and a good sample of all the original sections and topics then you may be disappointed. This small book only holds a this is an awesome little book. Topics egypt natural history egypt scientific expeditions music egypt genres prints illustrations notes content. Reprint of explication which originally appeared in the 2nd ed.
Napoleons expedition to the discovery of ancient egypt serino, franco. And their combined efforts culminated in what is surely one of the most ambitiously comprehensive work ever published. In 1798, napoleon bonaparte launched an expedition of 35,000 soldiers to conquer egypt. It is the collaborative work of about 160 civilian scholars and scientists, known popularly as the savants, who accompanied bonapartes expedition to egypt in 1798 to 1801 as part of the french revolutionary wars, as well as about 2000. Contains reproductions of the illustrations brought back from.