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1820s Savigny SPIDERS #3 BLACK WIDOWS Description de l'Egypte ARACHNIDS Scarce

Description: 1820s Savigny SPIDERS #3 Description de l'Egypte ARACHNIDS Scarce ENGRAVED PLATE *Copperplate Engraving on Hand-made, Chain-linked Rag Paper; only 1000 copies were ever produced. *This print is Rare-to-Very Scarce.*DIMENSIONS: Length: 26.5 inches; Width: 20 inches*An ORIGINAL Antiquarian Print from Napoleon Bonaparte's Monumental Work on the Natural History, Antiquities and Customs of Egypt as documented during his military occupation over two centuries ago. *Dozens of Stipple Engravings by the renowned French engraver Marie Jules Cesar Lelorgne de SAVIGNY.*The Work: "Description de l'Égypte, ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les orders de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand. (English: Description of Egypt, or the collection of observations and researches which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French Army, published by the order of His Majesty the Emperor, Napoleon the Great).*At the time of its publication in the early 1800s, "The Description of Egypt" was the largest known published work in the world.*The finished work was initiated by Napoleon and some 160 scholars and scientists who accompanied him in 1798-1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars, then completed in later years by about 2500 artists, engravers and technicians.*This print contains the Publisher's Stamp/Hallmark (a Sphinx) in the upper right corner. It is from the Second Edition, the Panckoucke edition, published around 1820 by Charles Louis Fleury Panckoucke.*Illustrations in SUPERB DETAIL featuring Epeires, Clothos, Latrodectes, and Pholques; BLACK WIDOWS and other Spiders. *CONDITION: Generally clean throughout except for some marginal foxing as shown in images. PLEASE SEE IMAGES for DETAILS: The Images are Part of the Description Shipping: Unless other arrangements are made, this unique and very scarce antiquarian print will be shipped in a protective tube.

Price: 99.99 USD

Location: Pocatello, Idaho

End Time: 2024-11-26T22:47:18.000Z

Shipping Cost: 18 USD

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Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Unit of Sale: Single Piece

Image Orientation: Portrait

Size: Medium

Date of Creation: 1820s

Period: Early 19th Century (1800-1830)

Material: HAND-LAID, CHAIN-LINKED RAG PAPER

Item Length: 20 inches

Framing: Unframed

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Region of Origin: FRANCE

Subject: EGYPT NATURAL HISTORY

Type: ANTIQUE ENGRAVING

Listed By: Dealer or Reseller

Year of Production: 1820

Item Height: 26.5 inches

Theme: Art

Features: Publisher's Blind Stamp (Sphinx) Upper Right Corner

Country/Region of Manufacture: France

Production Technique: Copperplate Engraving

Culture: Egyptian

Time Period Produced: 1809-1829

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