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A SET OF THREE FRENCH ARCHITECTURAL ENGRAVINGS
BY ANDRE DUTERTRE (1753-1842), FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
A SET OF THREE FRENCH ARCHITECTURAL ENGRAVINGS BY ANDRE DUTERTRE (1753-1842), FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY Comprising three plates from the Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui on étét faites en Egypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française' , depicting a perspective view of the ruins at Memphis by Lorieux after Jollois and Devilliers; a view of the island of Philae by Delignon; and élévations et coupes of Denderah (Tentyris) by Louvet after Jollois and Devilliers, each within a parcel-gilt and ebonised later frame The first: 17¼ x 23½ in. (44 x 59.5 cm.) [without frame] and 27½ x 34½ in. (70 x 87.5 cm.) [with frame]; the second: 17½ x 23½ in. (44.5 x 59.5 cm.) [without frame] and 28¼ x 34 (71.5 x 86.5 cm.) [with frame]; the third: 26½ x 18 in. (67cm. x 46 cm.) [without frame] and 33 x 25 in. (84 cm. x 63½ cm.) [with frame] (3)