02805nam a22004333i 4500 21924204 20250607104717.2 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 210226s1809 xx o 000 0 fre 21924204 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-988 2021666110 (WDL)02412 DLC eng DLC fre 932 Description of Egypt. First Edition. Antiquities, Essays, Volume One. Description de l'Egypte, ou, Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant l'éxpédition de l'armée française. Antiquitiés, mémoires Paris : Imprimerie impériale, 1809. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 826 pages ; approximately 40 centimeters. When Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798, he brought with him an entourage of more than 160 scholars and scientists. Known as the French Commission on the Sciences and Arts of Egypt, these experts undertook an extensive survey of the country's archeology, topography, and natural history. A soldier who was part of the expedition found the famous Rosetta Stone, which the French linguist and scholar Jean-François Champollion (1790-1832) later used to unlock many of the mysteries that long had surrounded the language of ancient Egypt. In 1802 Napoleon authorized the publication of the commission's findings in a monumental, multi-volume work that included plates, maps, scholarly essays, and a detailed index. Publication of the original Imperial edition began in 1809. It proved so popular that a second edition was published under the post-Napoleonic Bourbon Restoration. The "Royal edition" (1821-29) from the collections of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is presented here. Original resource at: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Content in French. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 2686 B.C. to 640 Antiquities Architecture Art Material culture Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Sculpture Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte Creator. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Sponsor. Egypt gdcwdl wdl_02412 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.2412 wdl/wdlpartner/wdlbibalex s-Online Electronic Resource