PRISSE DAVENNES EGYPTIAN ART (TASCHEN BU) (HB)

A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d’Avennes (1807–1879) is famed as one of the most influential Egyptologists, long before the discipline was even properly established. His albums cover architecture, drawing, sculpture, painting, and industrial or minor arts, with sections, plans, architectural details, and surface decoration all documented with utmost sensitivity and accuracy. Discover the complete collection of Prisse’s illustrations in a visual and archaeological feast of symmetry and complexity.