Framing and claiming Egyptian antiquity: Cécile's engraved frontispiece to Description de l'Égypte, vol. 1: Antiquités: Planches (Paris, 1809). The landscape shows no sign of Cairo, Islamic monuments, or modern inhabitants.
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