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10. Two maps of Egypt for Vivant Denon

10a. Title: Sheet is made up of two maps on one sheet: Carte De La Basse Egypte: Dressée D'après les Observations Astronomiques du C. Nouet, et les reconnaissances des Ingénieurs et Officiers employés à l'Armée d'Orient. (upper section) and CARTE de la HAUTE EGYPTE, dáprès Danville.(lower section). 
Date: Undated.
Size: 587 x 590 mm (sheet size 638 x 650 mm).
Imprint(s): None.
Signature(s): John Cooke, 50 Howland Street, Sc. (appears once on each map section). 
Location(s): V&A, Heidi[1], B.



10b. Title: Plan Du Kaire Et Des Environs. 
Date: Undated.
Size: 320 x 240 mm (sheet size 465 x 295 mm).
Imprint(s): None. Plate LVIII.
Signature(s): John Cooke, sc, 50 Howland St.
Location(s): See above.
 


Comments: The maps and plates (141) were prepared for: Voyage dans la Basse et la haute Egypte, par Vivant Denon, published by P Didot, Paris, 1802. All plates (but not the maps) have signatures Denon del and Publié par S Bagster à Londres and appeared in the extra Planches section. The fully illustrated work was immensely popular and the text was translated and issued by other London publishers as Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt.

Both maps found in:
Voyage dans la Basse et la haute Egypte, par Vivant Denon
Paris. P Didot. 1802.

Later Editions: The fully illustrated work was immensely popular and the text was translated and issued by other London publishers as Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt.[1]
 
Voyage dans la Basse et la haute Egypte, par Vivant Denon,
London. Bagster. 1802.  RGS[2].
 
Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt
London. Francis Blagdon. (1802).   V&A.
 
Egypt Delineated, in a series of engravings
[London]. Charles Taylor, Sherwood, Neely & Jones, Simpkin and Marshall. 1819.  N, QB.[3]


[1] Another edition of Denon´s travels was translated by E A Kendal (1802) which has a map by Neele. Further translations and editions were published in Glasgow by E Khull & Co. (1815); and as Egypt Delineated published in London by Robert Thurston (1826).

[2] The RGS copy is published by Bagster in London but only the Cairo map is included in the plate volume; text volumes not seen (339213) and an 1809 edition (339212) not seen. RGS also has copies of Travels translated by Arthur Aikin dated 1803 (339214 and 15) printed for T N Longman and O Rees of London.

[3] Only the map of Egypt. There was also an edition by Charles Taylor, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, S D Neely. 1825.


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