Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt : in company with several divisions of the French Army, during the campaigns of General Bonaparte in that country, Volume 3

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Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt : in company with several divisions of the French Army, during the campaigns of General Bonaparte in that country, Volume 3

Title remainder

in company with several divisions of the French Army, during the campaigns of General Bonaparte in that country

Title number

Volume 3

Statement of responsibility

Vivant Denon ; translated by Arthur Aikin

Creator

• Denon, Vivant, 1747-1825

Contributor

• Aikin, Arthur, 1773-1854

Translator

• Aikin, Arthur, 1773-1854

Subject

• Egypt -- Description and travel
• Egypt -- History -- French occupation, 1798-1801
• Napoleon, I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
• Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801 -- Campaigns -- Egypt

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

Napoleon's military expedition to Egypt in 1798 famously included various scientists and savants, among whom was the author of this three-volume work, published in French in 1802 and in English in 1803. Vivant Denon (1747–1825) was a diplomat under the Ancien Régime, but survived the Revolution thanks to the patronage of the painter David, and met Napoleon through the salon of Josephine de Beauharnais. He accompanied the army, excavating and sketching, sometimes even during battles. The publication of this lively, illustrated account is regarded as the chief stimulus for the so-called 'Egyptian Revival' style of architecture, interior design and even costume. In Volume 3, Denon continues his travels, taking opportunities to join with surveying parties, sketching, and purchasing antiquities, including mummies and papyrus manuscripts. The volume ends with Denon's return to France, and his regret at how little he had seen and done, compared with the immensity of Egypt.--

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• Cambridge library collection
• Voyage dans le Basse et la Haute Égypte, pendant les Campagnes du Gënéral Bonaparte

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UkCbUP

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Cambridge library collection. Egyptology
• Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks