Coup d'oeil impartial sur l'état présent de l'Égypte, comparé à sa situation antérieure

Jomard, M. (Edme-François) [1777-1862]

Published by Béthune et Plon, Paris, 1836

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23x14cm, 60 pp., Rear cover corner clipped. ["Edme François Jomard (1777 1862) was a French cartographer, engineer, and archaeologist. He edited the Description de L'Égypte and was a member of the Institut d'Egypt established by Napoleon. He supervised the educational and cultural mission sent to France from Egypt by Muhammad Ali of Egypt. He was educated at the collège Mazarin, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées and the École polytechnique. He took part in Napoleon's commission to Egypt. He later worked at the Bibliothèque nationale. The publication of the landmark, outsized 'Description de l'Égypte' ( Description of Egypt) was decreed by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802. This seminal publication on Egyptology was a collaboration effort of some 150 prominent French scientist and scholars and 2,000 technicians and artists. It is the record of Napoleon Bonaparte' s Commission des Sciences et des Arts that accompanied the ill-fated French campaign in Egypt and Syria (1798-1801). Jomard Award was established by the French Geographical Society ( La Société de Géographie) in 1882 for auxiliary sciences and services provided to the French Geographical Society ("Prix pour les sciences auxiliares et pour services rendus á la Société de Géographie")" - wikipedia. Rubbed. Spine heavily chipped & torn. Cover edges chipped. Good. Seller Inventory # 024392

Bibliographic Details

Title: Coup d'oeil impartial sur l'état présent de ...

Publisher: Béthune et Plon, Paris

Publication Date: 1836

Binding: orig. wrappers