Description des pyramides de Ghizé, de la ville du Kaire et de ses environs
This 1800 French folio by Jacques François Louis Grobert, held by Heidelberg University Library, documents the pyramids of Giza and the city and surroundings of Cairo for a scholarly readership interested in Egyptian antiquities. Its engravings include a riverside view of Cairo's walled shoreline, elevations and plans of the Giza pyramids, a cross-section of a pyramid with a sarcophagus-like chamber, and a detailed military-style map of Cairo with its fortifications. For a designer, the plans and elevations offer crisp geometric line work, grid-like survey diagrams and a restrained engraved palette suited to architectural or historical graphics.
