Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile
Coptic Egypt: The Christians of the Nile is a 2000 illustrated monograph on Copts and Christian Egypt. Written by the Belgian historian of religion Christian Cannuyer, and published in pocket format by Éditions Gallimard as the 395th volume in their 'Découvertes' collection, in collaboration with the Institut du Monde Arabe.
First French edition. The cover featuring 'head of a dancer', wool textile, 4th–5th century, Louvre Museum, Paris.
From left: US and UK editions.
Coptic Baptismal Procession by English Pre-Raphaelite painter Simeon Solomon, 1865. Watercolour reproduced on pp. 98–99 as a double-page spread illustration.
The Search for Ancient Egypt
The Search for Ancient Egypt is a 1986 illustrated monograph on the history of the rediscovery of ancient Egypt and of Egyptology. Written by the French Egyptologist Jean Vercoutter, and published by Éditions Gallimard as the first volume in their pocket collection "Découvertes". The book was awarded a literary prize by the Fondation de France in 1987.
The cover featuring Approach of the Simoom, Desert of Gizeh, from Egypt and Nubia. Lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846–49.
Image on the back cover, by Champollion.
View of Greater Cairo, drawn by Henry Salt, in 1805. Image taken from pages 66–67.
The Harris Papyrus painting, depicting Ramesses III before the Theban Triad: Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Image taken from page 91.