‎BAEDEKER (Karl)‎
‎Egypt‎

‎Egypt under the Khedives, 1805-1879. From Household Government to Modern Bureaucracy‎

‎Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1984. 590 g In-8, reliure éditeur, xv-283 pp.. . (Catégories : Egypte, )‎

‎Travels in Lower and Upper Egypt, during the Campaigns of general Bonaparte. In Two Volumes. Translated from the last corrected and augmented Edition of the Author accompanied by the whole of the original Atlas, comprising One Hundred and Forty Coppe... - [THE DISCOVERY OF EGYPT]‎

‎London, Taylor and Co., 1804. - Atlas: (Paris, Didot, 1802). 4to (30x24 cm.) and folio (54x42 cm.). Two contemporary half calf. Gilt spines and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Spines a bit rubbed. XVI,198,(2)"(2),131,(8) pp. Wide-margined. A few scattered brownspots. Atlas-volume, bound in contemporary half calf with wear to spine and spine-end as well as corners, is complete and contains 143 engraved plates (numb. 1-141 + 20bis a. 54bis), some large and folded. The plates with views, antiquities, architecture, maps etc. etc. A few scattered brownspots, some plates with faint marginal dampstaining.‎

‎Scarce first complete work in English of Denon's magnificent travel to Egypt, accompanied by the original French atlas of 1802 - not to be confused with the English translation of 1802, which reduced the plates to 60 instead of 140. ""The object, therefore, of the present translation is to amend this defect (i.e. the reduction of the plates), and supply the reader with these celebrated Travels as they were published by M. Denon himself, consisting of one hundred and forty Copper-plate Prints (the fac-similes of his own original designs), with the different notes and illustrations, - and corrected from the last French edition, in which many improvements have been made."" (The translator's advertisement). ""Dominique-Vivant Denon was a lover of the Empress Josephine, a compulsive collector, the first director of the Louvre museum and Bonaparte's adviser on artistic matters. Indeed, Denon was known as 'Napoleon's eye'. But the man who impressed the emperor with his courteous manners and his talent for pornographic drawing was also the primary force behind revealing Egypt's civilisation to an astonished Europe. Invited to accompany Bonaparte during the French Expedition to Egypt - a staging post in Napoleon's campaign to wrest India from the British - Denon was forcibly struck by Egypt's architecture. With often only a few minutes to record the scene before him, he would sketch under fire. On one occasion he worked for sixteen hours, while the windblown sand caused his eyelids to bleed. Upon his return to France, Denon published ""Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt"". His insightful and deeply humane volume became an instant bestseller. Hitherto no one had suspected that Egypt's rich and mature civilisation existed... Denon was the first to present to Europe a true and honest image of ancient Egypt and the first European traveller to spend months exploring the desert and recording the monuments he found there."" (Terence M. Russel, Discovery of Egypt). Denon had been invited by Napoleon to join the expedition to Egypt as part of the arts and literature section of the Institut d'Égypte and thus found the opportunity of gathering the materials for this, his most important literary and artistic work. He accompanied General Desaix to Upper Egypt, and made numerous sketches of the monuments of ancient art, sometimes under the very fire of the enemy. Denon was thus the first artist to discover and draw the temples and ruins at Thebes, Esna, Edfu, and Philae. Up until that time, most of the known Egyptian antiquities were pyramids and scattered pieces of sculptures and stelae. The results of Denon's efforts were published in this truly splendid work ""Journey in Lower and Upper Egypt"", originally appearing in French in 1802. The work crowned his reputation both as an archaeologist and as an artist, and sparked the Egyptian Revival in architecture and decorative arts.‎

‎Album containing 146 albumen prints of Egypt from the 1870ies. - [MAGNIFICENT ALBUM WITH EARLY PHOTOGRAPS OF EGYPT INCLUDING SOME OF THE VERY EARLIEST OF THE SUEZ CANAL ]‎

‎Egypt, ca. 1870ies. Folio-oblong (365 x 280 mm). 146 albumen prints mounted verso and recto on 73 ff. Bound in contemporary half cloth. With traces of paper-label to inner margin of front board. Label of the stationery shop ""Maison Martinet, Albert Hautecoeur, bd des Capucines, 12, Paris"" pasted on to upper outer corner of pasted down front end-paper. Paper creased and some leaves symetrically perforated, not affecting photos. Two photos with tears and a few photos partly detached from paper. Some photos are slightly discoloured and toned but are in general in good condition.‎

‎Extraordinary collection containing 146 albumen prints depicting landscapes and animated scenes of Egypt including some of the very earliest photographs of the newly opened Suez Canal. The photographs also document a period in Egyptian history, where the country began to gain independence and autonomy from Ottoman rule" Constantinople had granted Egypt the status of an autonomous vassal state or Khedivate in 1867, and completion of the Suez Canal gave Britain a faster route to India which in turn made Egypt increasingly reliant on Britain for both military and economic aid. Most photos are signed by the greatest local photographers of the time: the Zangaki brothers, Bonfils, Arnoux, Beato, Fiorillo, Béchard and Sébah. Active in the second half of the 19th century, these photographers of diverse origins such as French, Italian, British, Ottoman and Greek all established a studio or a branch in Egypt, in Alexandria, Port Said and Cairo. The Suez Canal was one of the most ambitious engineering projects of the 19th century. It was designed to create a waterway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea, linking Europe and Asia and providing a faster and more efficient route for shipping goods between the two continents. Construction of the canal began in 1859 and took over ten years to complete. Hippolyte Arnoux is best known for his remarkable photographs of the Suez Canal in Egypt. Arnoux's photographs of the Suez Canal were groundbreaking in their time and remain an important documentation of the construction of one of the world's most significant engineering endeavors. He was hired by the French government to document the construction of the canal, and he spent several years in Egypt taking photographs of it. He used a large-format camera, which allowed him to capture incredible detail and clarity in his images. Arnoux's photographs of the Suez Canal were not only important documents of the construction of the canal, but they also played an important role in the popular imagination of the time. They helped to promote the idea of progress and modernity, as well as the importance of colonialism and European expansion in the world. Zangaki's portrait photography also received much acclaim. His portraits were known for their ability to capture the essence of his subjects, conveying their personality, character, and emotions, and his portraiture work also demonstrated his mastery of lighting, composition, and posing.Zangaki's landscape photography is another notable aspect of his work. He and his brother captured breathtaking images of Egypt's natural landscapes, such as the Nile River, the desert, and the countryside. Their images were notable for their use of contrast, shadows, and light, creating a unique atmosphere that evoked the beauty and mystery of Egypt's landscapes. Their work contributed significantly to the early days of Egyptology, as it allowed European scholars and archaeologists that were not in a position to travel to examine the monuments and artifacts. The present collection forms a fine testament to one the most interesting periods in modern Egyptian history and to the cradle of Egyptian photography.‎

‎Egypt and the Classical World. Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity‎

‎Spier, Jeffrey, and Sara E. Cole: Egypt and the Classical World. Cross-Cultural Encounters in Antiquity. 2022. 202 pages, 62 colour and 24 black & white illustrations. Hardback. 27 x 22cms. Looking at two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome, this volume gathers research from the Getty scholars' symposium that helped shape the exhibition 'Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World'. The essays consider a range of material evidence, including archaeological finds, artworks, papyri, and inscriptions, to shed light on cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age through to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Egypt's inclusion in the Roman Empire. Including an investigation of the military's role in the Bronze Age Aegean, and a study of hieroglyphic Egyptian inscriptions found on Roman obelisks.‎

‎Looking at two millennia of cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome, this volume gathers research from the Getty scholars' symposium that helped shape the exhibition 'Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World'. The essays consider a range of material evidence, including archaeological finds, artworks, papyri, and inscriptions, to shed light on cultural interactions between Egypt, Greece, and Rome from the Bronze Age through to the end of the Ptolemaic dynasty and Egypt's inclusion in the Roman Empire. Including an investigation of the military's role in the Bronze Age Aegean, and a study of hieroglyphic Egyptian inscriptions found on Roman obelisks.‎

‎Karl Baedeker Karl Bedeker. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers. Lower Egypt and the ‎

‎Karl Baedeker Karl Bedeker. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers. Lower Egypt and the Peninsula of Sinai. Egypt: Egypt: A Travelers Guide. Lower Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula. In Russian (ask us if in doubt)/KarlBaedekerKarl Bedeker. Egypt:Handbookfor Travellers. Lower Egyptand the Peninsula of Sinai. Egipet: Egipet:Spravochnik dlya puteshestvennikov. Nizhniy Egipet i poluostrov Sinay. Leipzig Karl Baedeker. 1895 xxx 500 c. SKUalbc990e62c11ac6de6.‎