MEMORIES ON EGYPT, published during General... - Lot 265 - Giquello

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MEMORIES ON EGYPT, published during General... - Lot 265 - Giquello
MEMORIES ON EGYPT, published during General Bonaparte's Campaigns. Paris, P. Didot l'Aîné, An VIII-An XI [1800-1803]. 4 volumes in-8, calf porphyry, decorated spine, green coins, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Complete collection of these scientific memoirs published by various scholars of the Egyptian expedition. It contains 2 maps, an engraved plate and 3 folding tables. Among the texts collected here are the important Mémoire sur le phénomène d'optique connu sous le nom de Mirage by Gaspard Monge, the first scientific explanation of this phenomenon, a report on oases by Joseph Fourier, and observations on natron by Berthollet. Used binding, one dish almost detached.
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