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CHAMPOLLION (Jean-François). Grammaire égyptienne, ou Principes généraux de l'écriture sacrée égyptienne appliquée à la représentation de la langue parlée. Paris, Typographie de Firmin Didot frères, 1836 [-1841]. Small folio, bradel purple half-percaline (period binding). Posthumous first edition. Together with the Dictionnaire égyptien, published a few years later, the Grammaire égyptienne represents the synthesis of Champollion's discoveries and his work on deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. In addition to its considerable historical and scientific importance, it is also of great editorial interest: faced with the technical problem of reproducing the hieroglyphs inserted throughout the text, Firmin-Didot and Champollion-Figeac had to opt for a printing method combining typography and lithography. Spine faded, covers bumped.
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CHAMPOLLION (Jean-François). Grammaire égyptienne, ou Principes généraux de l'écriture sacrée égyptienne appliquée à la représentation de la langue parlée. Paris, Typographie de Firmin Didot frères, 1836 [-1841]. Small folio, bradel purple half-percaline (period binding). Posthumous first edition. Together with the Dictionnaire égyptien, published a few years later, the Grammaire égyptienne represents the synthesis of Champollion's discoveries and his work on deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. In addition to its considerable historical and scientific importance, it is also of great editorial interest: faced with the technical problem of reproducing the hieroglyphs inserted throughout the text, Firmin-Didot and Champollion-Figeac had to opt for a printing method combining typography and lithography. Spine faded, covers bumped.
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