Herv Champollion (9 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Adorning the temples, palaces, and monuments of the Nile River Valley, their inscrutable gazes look out across the millennia, bearing witness to the rise and fall of long-lost dynasties, just as they have witnessed the endless rise and fall of the sun. Timeless treasures of light and shadow, they are the sculpted stones of ancient Egypt. In this gorgeous book of images, photographer Hervi Champollion portrays these ancient stones in natural light, forming a breathtaking pictorial history of one of the world's most fascinating ancient civilizations. Virtually all that is known of pharaonic times, from military campaigns to religious ceremonies to the everyday life of civilians, comes from these stones, which are captured by Champollion's lens in a range of settings, from the glowing red of sunrise, to the hard white light of midday, to the golden rays of sunset. Informative captions by noted scholar Diane Saro?m Harli enhance the images and help us to appreciate the grandeur of these stones of light Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 144 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 26 cm. Translated from the French. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small remainder mark/top edge. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A large-format coffee-table book. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "Depicting everything from military campaigns to religious ceremonies and everyday public life, Herve Champollion's photographs, brought together for this book, capture the ancient stones of Egypt in their natural settings and encapsulate one of the world's most fascinating ancient civilizations." - Publisher. Size: 4to.…

Condition: Good. 1998. Paperback. Clean copy with some shelf wear, slight foxing on edges and ffep with minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean. . . . .

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Adorning the temples, palaces, and monuments of the Nile River Valley, their inscrutable gazes look out across the millennia, bearing witness to the rise and fall of long-lost dynasties, just as they have witnessed the endless rise and fall of the sun. Timeless treasures of light and shadow, they are the sculpted stones of ancient Egypt. In this gorgeous book of images, photographer Hervi Champollion portrays these ancient stones in natural light, forming a breathtaking pictorial history of one of the world's most fascinating ancient civilizations. Virtually all that is known of pharaonic times, from military campaigns to religious ceremonies to the everyday life of civilians, comes from these stones, which are captured by Champollion's lens in a range of settings, from the glowing red of sunrise, to the hard white light of midday, to the golden rays of sunset. Informative captions by noted scholar Diane Saro?m Harli enhance the images and help us to appreciate the grandeur of these stones of light. …

Condition: Very Good. 1989. hardcover. Texte en fran?ais. Text in French. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW sunned to spine, showing light age and shelf wear. Lightly toned, text and illustrations crisp and clear and remains a fine copy. . . . .