Large 8vo, 215x145 mm; binding on boards. Pp. 110, [2]. Nice specimen with wide margins and uncut.
First edition of an essay that was born from the observation of the hieroglyphs purchased by the author from the Austrian consulate in Alexandria of Egypt, collected and interpreted thanks to the famous coeval study of Champollion. The museum of the noble Malaspina ended up at the Pinacoteca Civica of Pavia, which bears his name. In this book «mostrò di tener dietro all'archeologia di quella nazione colla scorta delle più recenti scoperte». Annali Universali di Statistica XXXI, 129.