Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny

(French, 1777-1851)

Offered is a framed hand-colored engraving by Savigny entitled “H.N. Zoologie Nevropteres”, plate 2 from Description de l'Égypte published circa 1812. The drawing was the result of the scientific expedtition in which French zoologist, Marie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny (1777-1851) accompanied Napolean’s army to Egypt during the French Revolutionary Wars from 1798 to 1801. The aim was to discover and record the natural history of ancient and modern Egypt.