CHAMPOLLION JEAN FRANÇOIS Précis du Système Hiéroglyphique d

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CHAMPOLLION, JEAN-FRANÇOIS. Précis du Système Hiéroglyphique des Anciens Égyptiens. 48 lithographed plates. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, contemporary calf with roan lettering piece, rebacked retaining original backstrip, cover corners restored; scattered unobstrusive pencil marginalia on text leaves and some plates, scattered minor spotting, half-titles lacking. Paris, 1824

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first edition. "Known as the founder of Egyptology, Champollion embodied in this work the result of his efforts to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. By equations of demotic and hieroglyphic characters, he was able to identify native Egyptian names and to demonstrate the relationship between the ancient Egyptian and Coptic languages. Although he was unable to decipher the Rosetta Stone inscription, Champollion''s work clearly established the alphabetic character of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing"--Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection 13. Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 129.