GROTTE TAILLÉE DANS LE ROC PRÈS DE LA PYRAMIDE DE CHÈPHREN. Vue du fond de la grotte. Représentation du Santon qui habitoit cette grotte en 1785.

Magnificent view of a coptic priest giving an audience to believers in a chamber in the pyramid of Chephren (Khafre), the second of the great pyramids. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the eighteenth century. His Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth century illustrated book on the Middle East. This superb print is from the first edition, published in parts on large sheets.

Large paper copy. Fine condition. Mounted size: 55 x 74.5cm.