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Jean-François CHAMPOLLION

Jean-François CHAMPOLLION

Born23 décembre 1790
Died4 mars 1832
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrance
Égyptologue. Conservateur au musée du Louvre (nommé en 1826). Membre de l'Institut, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (élu en 1830)
Professeur au Collège de France (1831-1832), chaire Antiquité Egyptienne
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  • CHAMPOLLION LE JEUNE
  • CHAMPOLLION SAQUIR
  • جان-فرانسوا شامبليون
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CHAMPOLLION, Jean-François
  2. Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens égyptiens
    Jean-François CHAMPOLLION

    Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens égyptiens

    Chez Treuttel et Würtz|Paris 1824|15 x 23.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First two-volume edition of this cornerstone of hieroglyphic philology. The first volume is illustrated with 16 plates, including 6 folding, and the second with 32 plates.
    Bound in full light brown calf, spine with five raised bands framed in gilt and blind, morocco title-piece, stamped arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet at center of boards, red edges. Spines and corners restored, scuffs and wear to boards.
    "In his Précis du système hiéroglyphique, Champollion rectifies and completes his Lettre à M. Dacier: he demonstrates that phonetic writing was not limited to the transcription of foreign names, but was the soul of the system. The ancient Egyptians used figurative...
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  3. Essay on Dr. Young's and M. Champollion's Phonetic System of Hieroglyphics
    Henry SALT (Jean-François CHAMPOLLION)

    Essay on Dr. Young's and M. Champollion's Phonetic System of Hieroglyphics

    A.J. Valpy|London 1825|15.20 x 24 cm|1 volume relié

    First edition, with seven folding plates engraved by Hallmandel after G. Schärf.
    Beige full calf binding, spine with five raised bands framed in gilt, gilt lettered morocco title label lengthwise, stamped arms of the Society of Writers to the Signet in the center of the boards. Restored spine and corners, brittle spine ends, spalls and stains to boards.

    A very rare and important publication by the British Consul General in Egypt in 1815, Henry Salt (1780-1827),involved in the excavation of several historical sites and the collection of numerous antiquities. The most remarkable of these is the colossal bust of Ramses II found at Thebes and housed in the British Museum, which is...

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