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<dl><dd>statement of responsibility: publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoléon le Grand</dd>
<dd>Edited by E.F. Jomard; historical preface by J.B.J. Fourier. cf. Brit. Mus. Cat. under Egypt</dd>
<dd>For collation of the work see London institution, Library, A bibl. account and a collation of La description de l'Égypte, London, 1833</dd>
<dd>action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX</dd>
<dd>Antiquitiés: Descriptions, 1809-18, 2 v.; Mémoires, 1809-18, 2 v.; Planches, 1809-22, 5 v. État moderne, 1809-22, 2 v. in 3; Planches, 1809-17, 2 v.--Histoire naturelle, 1809-12, 2 v. in 3; Planches, 1809-17, 2 v.--Histoire naturelle, 1809-12, 2 v.; Planches, 1809-[ca.26], 2 v. in 3. (Vol. II, pt. 2 has no t.-p.)--Carte topographique. [1818]--Préface et explication des planches (Uniform with the volumes of plates; binder's title only)</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist</dd>
<dd>BM (Nat. Hist.) v. 2, p. 606-7</dd>
<dd>Some plates are hand-col</dd>
<dd>The Carte topographique is in the "grande monde" or large format</dd>
<dd>For complete statement of holdings consult branch library. Catalogued with this set is a 22 cm. reprint of v. 2 of text of Hist. nat. p. 99-144: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. Desc. des mammiferes. [Paris, 1818]</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Natural history; Scientific expeditions; Music</div>
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<dl><dd>France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte</dd>
<dd>Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821</dd>
<dd>Jomard, Edme Françoise, 1777-1862</dd>
<dd>Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph, baron, 1768-1830</dd>
<dd>France. Armée. Armée d'Orient (1798-1801)</dd></dl></div>
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