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Egyptology. CHAMPOLLION. Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens.

1827-28
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Egyptology. CHAMPOLLION. Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens.
1827-28

 
CHAMPOLLION, Jean-François, le Jeune. Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens, ou Recherches sur les élémens premiers de cette écriture sacrée, … Seconde édition Revue par l'auteur, et augmentée de la Lettre a M. Dacier … Avec un volume de planches.
A Paris, Imprimé par autorisation de Mgr Le Garde Des Sceaux, A L'Imprimerie Royale, 1827-1828

2 volumi in unico tomo in 4to. 228x144 mm. Legatura in mezza pelle e marocchino nero, titolo e fregi in oro sul dorso, fogli di guardia rinnovati. Pagine XXIV, 468, 16 Tavole fuori testo, 1 foglio non numerato, pagine 48, compresi Occhietto e Frontespizio. 53 Tavole fuori testo di cui 8 ripiegate, impresse in litografia. Tavole così numerate: I-XX, 1-21 (con la tavola 10 ripetuta), A-K; 16 Tavole della serie I-XX, sono inserite nella prima opera; quattro tavole (III, IV, V, VI) sono alla fine della seconda opera, prima delle due serie 1-21 e A-K. Timbro araldico di antico proprietario sul Frontespizio. Buono stato di conservazione. 

Rara seconda edizione accresciuta, magnificamente figurata. Questa seconda edizione contiene la celebre lettera al signor Dacier pubblicata nel 1822 in cui Champollion annunciava la sua scoperta di un sistema per decifrare i geroglifici. Regulski: “Counting 1,419 hieroglyphic signs in the Rosetta Stone, Champollion reasoned that this many ideas could not possibly be conveyed in the mere 486 words of the Greek text. The large number of different hieroglyphs suggested that they were not entirely ideographic but represented a hybrid system. He also observed correspondences between hieroglyphs and the handwritten scripts from ancient Egypt: hieratic and demotic. Investigating the demotic sign sequence corresponding to 'Alexandria' on the Rosetta Stone, Champollion suggested that the word was constituted from a series of signs which were phonetic -- the name itself -- plus another, ideographic sign indicating the way in which the phonetic component should be understood, in this case as a place name.”
Gay 1758; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 129. 
Cfr. British Museum, “Eureka! Finding the Key to Ancient Egypt.”, by Ilona Regulski, Curator of Egyptian Written Culture.

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CHAMPOLLION, Jean-François, le Jeune. Précis du système hiéroglyphique des anciens Égyptiens, ou Recherches sur les élémens premiers de cette écriture sacrée, … Seconde édition Revue par l'auteur, et augmentée de la Lettre a M. Dacier … Avec un volume de planches.
A Paris, Imprimé par autorisation de Mgr Le Garde Des Sceaux, A L'Imprimerie Royale, 1827-1828

Two parts in one volume in 4to. 228x144 mm. Quarter calf and black Morocco binding, gilt title and ornaments, renowed endpapers. Pp. XXIV, 468, 16 plates, [1], pp. 48 including Halftitle and Titlepage. 53 lithographic plates (8 folded). The plates are numbered: I-XX, 1-21 (with the plate n. 10 repeated), A-K; 16 plates of I-XX series are inserted in the first work; four plates (III, IV, V, VI) are a the end of the second work, before the two plates series 1-21 and A-K. Good condition.

A rare enlarged second edition, magnificently illustrated. This second edition contains the famous letter to M. Dacier, published in 1822, in which Champollion announced his discovery of a system for decoding hieroglyphics.
Regulski: “Counting 1,419 hieroglyphic signs in the Rosetta Stone, Champollion reasoned that this many ideas could not possibly be conveyed in the mere 486 words of the Greek text. The large number of different hieroglyphs suggested that they were not entirely ideographic but represented a hybrid system. He also observed correspondences between hieroglyphs and the handwritten scripts from ancient Egypt: hieratic and demotic. Investigating the demotic sign sequence corresponding to 'Alexandria' on the Rosetta Stone, Champollion suggested that the word was constituted from a series of signs which were phonetic -- the name itself -- plus another, ideographic sign indicating the way in which the phonetic component should be understood, in this case as a place name.”
Gay 1758; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 129. Cfr. British Museum, “Eureka! Finding the Key to Ancient Egypt.”, by Ilona Regulski, Curator of Egyptian Written Culture.

Bibliografia

Gay 1758; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, 129. 
Cfr. British Museum, “Eureka! Finding the Key to Ancient Egypt.”, by Ilona Regulski, Curator of Egyptian Written Culture.

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