Félix Teynard

Félix Teynard French, 1817-1892 Félix Teynard, believed to have been born in Grenoble, was a civil engineer who traveled and photographed in Egypt in 1851-52. Of the resulting plates, 160 were published in Paris by Goupil et Cie. and printed by H. de Fonteny in 32 installments of five each between 1853-54 under the title Egypte et Nubie. Sites et Monument les plus intéressantes pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire. . . . The collection later was published in 1857 by Goupil et Cie. for the extraordinary purchase price of nearly 1,000 francs. Although Teynard is not known to have...