Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt - In Company With Several Divisions of French Army, During Campaigns

A lively, illustrated three-volume account, published in translation in 1803, of experiences in Egypt, by a savant travelling with Napoleon's army.

List of contents

19. Arab council; 20. Balasse, and the porous earthen vessels manufactured there; 21. Embark at Keneh for Cairo; Explanation of the plates; Index; List of plates; Contents.

Summary

Vivant Denon (1747–1825), a dilettante and diplomat under the Ancien Régime, survived the Revolution and accompanied Napoleon's army to Egypt. The publication in 1802 of this lively, illustrated three-volume account (translated a year later) is regarded as the chief stimulus for the so-called 'Egyptian Revival' style of architecture and interior design.

Product details

• Authors: Vivant Denon, Denon Vivant
• Assisted by: Arthur Aikin (Translation), Aikin Arthur (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781108080224
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08022-4
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology; Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Egypt, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, Archaeology by period / region, Geographical discovery and exploration