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GIOVANNI PAOLO LASIMO (1789-1855): PLATE NO. LXIV, FROM I MONUMENTI DELL'EGITTOE DELLA NUBIA

GIOVANNI PAOLO LASIMO (1789-1855): PLATE NO. LXIV, FROM I MONUMENTI DELL'EGITTOE DELLA NUBIA Engraving with hand-coloring on wove paper, 1833-44; together with From the Tombs of the Kings at Thebes: Three Plates, three lithographs with hand-coloring on wove paper, 1820, published by J. Murray; Ile de Phila and Ile de Phill, two lithographs with hand-coloring on wove paper, printed by L. Letronne; and Plate No. LXXIX, engraving with hand-coloring on wove paper, various sizes, all framed. Note: The plates from I Monumenti Dell'Egitto E Della Nubia are based on the archeological work of Jean-François Champollion during an expedition to Egypt with Italian Egyptologist Ippolito Rosellini. Intended to be published in ten volumes, only eight were released by the time of Ippolito's death. A posthumous ninth volume was also published.