Large 8vo, 210x120 mm; full leather binding, gilt title on spine with 7 ribs, blind tooling on covers. Marbled end papers and edges. Pp. [6], LX, 524. 2 plates out text. Slight browning and foxing, good copy.
Wonderful first edition of this work printed in only 500 copies. Letronne, a French archaeologist and numismatist, analyzes in this volume in particular the historical importance of the Greek and Latin inscriptions found in Egypt, specifically the inscriptions found in the temples, the antiquity of the Egyptian temples and the Egyptian art.