CHAMPOLLION (Jean-François). Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens, ou Recherches sur les éléments premiers de cette écriture sacrée [...]. Second edition, revised by the author and enlarged by the Letter to Mr. Dacier relative to the Alphabet of phonetic hieroglyphs. [Paris], Imprimé par autorisation de Mgr le Garde des Sceaux, Imprimerie royale, 1828. 2 volumes in-8, brown half-chagrin (period binding). Second edition, with 52 plates. Ex-libris and Marcellus Schlimovich wetstamp. Rubbing to spine and hinges.

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