SILVESTRE, JOSEPH-BALTHAZAR. Universal Palaeography; or, Fac-Similes of Writings of All Nations and Periods . . . accompanied by an Historical and Descriptive Text and Introduction, by Champollion-Figeac and Aimé Champollion, fils. Translated . . . and edited, with Corrections and Notes, by Sir Frederic Madden. 296 plates engraved or lithographed by various artists after drawings by Silvestre, many hand-colored. 4 volumes. Plate volumes folio, 565x395 mm, contemporary 1/2 red leather gilt, text volumes 8vo, contemporary 1/2 black morocco gilt; very good ex-library set, with white ink shelf number on spines and perforated stamp on titles, otherwise unmarked. London, 1850
