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The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Dr. Denon's book on Egypt has sparked considerable interest in London. A full edition translated by Mr. Aikin with over 100 facsimiles is due soon, while an abridged version in two octavo volumes with 11 reduced plates is already on sale.
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Dr. Denon's magnificent Book of Egypt, has excited considerable attention in London. A complete edition by Mr. Aikin will appear in a few days, accompanied by upwards of one hundred large and interesting facsimiles of the originals; but such is the public curiosity, that, to satisfy it, an abridgment in two Octavo volumes is offered for sale, with only eleven Plates, and those of a reduction. As M. Denon travelled as an artist, his text chiefly consists of descriptions of the Prints, it is obvious that a Translation, unaccompanied with his full part of the Plates, is but the shell of his work without the substance.
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Dr. Denon's book on Egypt has excited considerable attention in London. A complete edition by Mr. Aikin will appear in a few days with over one hundred facsimiles. Due to public curiosity, an abridgment in two octavo volumes with only eleven reduced plates is offered for sale. As M. Denon travelled as an artist, his text describes the prints, making the full plates essential to the work.