Ippolito Rosellini’s Ancient Egypt
/The New York Public Library Digital Collections includes the illustrations of Ippolito Rossillini’s I Monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia. It was published between 1832 and 1844 documenting the Franco-Tuscan expedition to Egypt (1828-1829) and after the death of Jean-Francois Champollion (leader of the expedition) in 1832.
There are over 400 plates to enjoy – some simple drawings and some with color. I picked 6 of the color images as samples.
The images are best enjoyed using the ‘view as a book’ option for the document.
