Lot 38: CAILLIAUD, FRÉDÉRIC.

VOYAGE À MÉROÉ, AU FLEUVE BLANC, AU-DELÀ DE FÂZOQL DANS LE MIDI DU ROYAUME DE SENNÂR, À SYOUAH ET DANS CINQ AUTRES OASIS. .PARIS, 1823-1827.
First edition, 6 volumes, comprising 4 text volumes 8vo (208 x 122mm.) and 2 large paper atlas volumes large folio (685 x 510mm.), text volumes: half-titles, 15 engraved plates, 12 hand-coloured, atlas volumes: half title in volume 1, 149 engraved and lithographed plates (see footnote), uniformly bound in contemporary diced half russia by Hering (signed at foot of spine on volume 1 of text), spines gilt in compartments with raised bands, book label of Pierre Berès in vol.1 of text, [Blackmer 270; Gay 2572; Hilmy I, p.113; BAL RIBA 521], some spotting, joints splitting, corners and spines of plate volumes rubbed

A rare complete set with both text and plates uniformly bound in a contemporary binding by Hering. This work provides an account of Cailliaud's second journey in Egypt between 1819 and 1822 published in collaboration with Jomard. He visited the oasis of Siwah and Jupiter Ammon and accompanied the military expedition of Ismail Pasha (son of Mehmet Ali) to Nubia, where he explored the ruins of the ancient city of Meroe, remarkable for its two hundred pyramids. The work is of particular importance for its abundance of detail on contemporary Egypt, its people and antiquities.
The plates in this copy are large paper and in an early state with two different plates numbered XXXVI; the second ('Vue particulière d'une grande pyramide de l'ouest a une lieue du Nil') is in fact plate XLI and this was corrected and renumbered in later issues.