Folio, two volumes (mm 580 x 400), original half vellum, title on label. Vol I: pagg. XI, (1), 214, one blank, with explanatory text of plates. Volume II: 151 aquatint plates numebered A-G and 1-144. Plates engraved from Denon’s drawings by: Angelo Volpini, Francesco Inghirami, Giovanni Battista Cecchi, Giovanni Pacini, Giuseppe Pera e Luigi Sabatelli. First italian edition. Very good condition, very defects at the bindin. Dawson “Who was who in Egyptology”, pag. 83: L’A. il barone Dominique Vivant Denon (1747-1823), uomo politico e incisore francese, accompagnò Bonaparte in Egitto dove esegui' le illustrazioni di questa grande opera. “He not only visited the Delta but travelled throughout Upper Egypt making a great collection of drawings and antiquities; he carried out his task of recording the Egyptian monuments very well, and also wrote an account of his journey.. The "Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte" was issued in 1802 in 2 large fol. vols. and had a profound effect on European scholarship, running to several editions and being translated into English, German and Italian; Brunet II, 599 “ouvrage intéressant et d'une exécution soignée; il contient quelques notes et des augmentations qui sont dues à l'Abbé Fontana, alors bibliothécaire de la Ricardiana”;Graesse II, 362:”ouvrage magnifique”.