I monumenti dell' Egitto e della Nubia. Disegnati dalla spedizione scientifico-letteraria Toscana in Egitto.

Franco-Tuscan expedition to Egypt. Ippolito Rosellini (1800-1843), considered the father of Italian Egyptology, studied under Jean-François Champollion, whom he met in Florence in 1825 and later became a great friend and associate. In 1828 Rosellini accompanied Champollion on the Franco-Tuscan expedition to Egypt, which was financed by the grand duke of Tuscany, Leopoldo II (to whom the work is dedicated), and the king of France, Charles X. This work is the result of that expedition and is divided into 3 parts: Parte prima. Monumenti storici, Parte seconda. Monumenti civili, Parte terza. Monumenti del culto. Together with the works of Champollion and Lepsius, this is one of the pre-eminent colour plate publications of the 19th century.

Complete sets are rare and seldom appear on the market.

First edition; 12 vols bound in 14, comprising 9 text vols, 8vo, 3 atlas vols bound in 5; royal folio; 394 plates (of which 137 are in original hand colour) backed with fine linen, one or two marginal chips, marginal water-staining to vol. 3 plates, some foxing and surface soiling, some light browning, small ink-stamp to titles or first plate, text vols modern tan morocco, black labels, atlas vols nineteenth century red half morocco, with flap to cover top-edge, a very good set.

Ibrahim-Hilmy II, 182. Gay 2218. Hiler 759. Brunet IV, 1393. Not in Blackmer.