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Deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
Deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Heading: (Egypt)
Author:
Title: Two volumes on Egypt
Place Published: Paris
Publisher:
Date Published: 1843 & 1922
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  • Champollion-Figeac, Jacques Joseph. égypte Ancienne. [2], 500 pp. With 92 engraved plates; folding map. 21x12.5 cm (8¼x5"), period diced calf with gilt-roll border, rebacked in calf, marbled endpapers & edges. Didot Fréres, 1843.


  • Champollion, Jean-François. Lettre à M. Dacier... relative à l'alphabet des hiéroglyphiqes phonétiques employés par les égyptiens pour inscrire sur leurs monuments les titres, les noms et les surnoms des souverains grecs et romains. [4], 84; [4], 52 pp. With 4 folding plates of hieroglyphs. 22.7x15.3 cm (9x6"), disbound. Paul Geuthner, 1922.



The second listed volume is a reprint on the hundredth anniversary of its first publication of J.F. Champollion's first account of his method for assigning phonetic values of Egyptian hieroglyphs, based on a study of the Rosetta Stone. The first part of the work is a lengthy preface by Henry Sottas, the second a facsimile printing of the original 1822 publication, including the four plates. Champollion-Figeac was J.F. Champollion's older brother.

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First with some white residue to covers, some light foxing within, a few inkstamps of King's Inns Library Dublin; both in very good condition.
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