VIVANT-DENON (Dominique Vivant, dit). Voyage dans la Basse et Haute Égypte. Paris, Didot l'aîné, an X-1802; in-4 (310 x 233 mm) and atlas in-plano (570 x 417 mm), half beige cloth, red morocco title-pieces, pebbled paper boards, untrimmed (Bindings c. 1830). 143 plates numbered 1 to 141 and pl. 20bis and 54bis. ORIGINAL EDITION OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK written by Vivant-Denon on the basis of the Diary he kept during the Egyptian Campaign and illustrated with more than 400 drawings he executed on the spot, passionate and tireless despite the ups and downs of the military campaign. "He criss-crossed the Delta and visited Cairo, accumulating discoveries and drawings, following the Desaix column to Upper Egypt in pursuit of Mourad Bey...". On his return, he lingered, fascinated, in Thebes, Luxor, Denderah... A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE WITH ALL MARGIN AND VERY FRESH, soberly but elegantly bound around 1830. Margins of 6 plates browned. Spine a little soiled.