MEMORIES ON EGYPT, published during General... - Lot 168 - Giquello

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MEMORIES ON EGYPT, published during General... - Lot 168 - Giquello
MEMORIES ON EGYPT, published during General Bonaparte's campaigns. Paris, De l'Imprimerie de P. Didot l'aîné, An VIII [1800]. In-8, rooted basane, smooth spine decorated, red title coin, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Original edition, decorated with 2 beautiful folding maps (Lake Menzaléh and the Natron valley). Among the pieces published here is the important Memoir on the optical phenomenon known as Mirage by Gaspard Monge (pp. 64-79): it is the first real scientific explanation of this phenomenon. There is also a Mémoire sur un voyage fait sur la branche tanitique du Nil by Malus, a Rapport sur les oasis by Fourier, and Observations sur le natron by Berthollet (pp. 271-281), which questions the chemical origin of this soda. Upper hinge a little cracked, a split jaw, missing the head cap, blunt corners. Circular dimension label on the first plate.
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