champollion jean françois 1790 1832 (6 résultats)

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Stated Nouvelle edition. c.1829. Original printed wraps, uncut, uncopened (plates never bound-in). 8vo. pp. (viii), 391, (1) blank, (5) Table des Matieres, (3) blank. Near Fine. All sections unopened. The 31 Letters of the Father of Egyptology to his brother with a posthumous preface by his daughter Z. (Zorade) Cheronnet-Champollion (1824-89). OWBLET118163.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Two parts in one volume. xvi+408+[2 table] pages with 16 full-page lithograph plates (four folding); [2]+45 pages with 21 numbered full-page plates and 11 full-page plates lettered A-K.  Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in half leather with five raised spine bands and gilt lettering to spine over marbled boards. Head edge in gilt. Firet edition. Jean-François Champollion, French historian and linguist who founded scientific Egyptology and played a major role in the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.  At age 16 Champollion had already mastered six ancient Oriental languages, in addition to Latin and Greek, and delivered a paper before the academy of Grenoble, France, in which he asserted, incorrectly, that Coptic was the ancient language of Egypt. At 19, following studies in Paris, he became professor of history at the lycée of Grenoble (1809 16). Deciphering hieroglyphs became his constant preoccupation. Following the modest success of the English physicist Thomas Young in attempting to decipher the Rosetta Stone, which was engraved with a Greek text along with hieroglyphic and demotic versions, Champollion at last began to piece together the puzzle of the hieroglyphs. In 1821 22 he started publishing papers on the hieroglyphic and hieratic elements of the Rosetta Stone, and he went on to establish an entire list of hieroglyphic signs and their Greek equivalents. He was first to recognize that some of the signs were alphabetic, some syllabic, and some determinative i.e., standing for a whole idea or object previously expressed. Though many doors still awaited opening, the key to understanding ancient Egypt had at last been found. His brilliant discoveries met with opposition, however, often bitter and personal, from some other scholars. Condition: Binding with moderate scuffing and shelf-wear to edges; spine ends with some loss and damage; joints tender with front joint separated from text block; armorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown; contemporary owner's name and library catalog numbers on the title page; scattered light to moderate foxing throughout; faded ink stamp on title and verso of most plates (not bleeding through); else Good.

Couverture rigide. Etat : Très bon. 2ème Édition. 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-8° ; XXIV-468 pp. ; [Planches et Explications] 1 feuillet non chiffré, 48 pp., 52 planches lithographiées hors texte certaines dépliantes, numérotées de I à XX, ainsi que de A à K et une dernière de 1 à 21. Un plein chagrin rouge, dos nerfs orné, pièce de titre en maroquin noir, filet or d'encadrement sur les plats, étiquette de titre sur les plats, couverture muette conservée, non rogné, une reliure moderne, un bel exemplaire COMPLET. Cette édition augmentée contient la très célèbre lettre à M. Dacier parue en 1822 dans laquelle Champollion annonçait sa découverte d'un système de déchiffrement des hiéroglyphes. LA MEILLEURE ÉDITION DE CET OUVRAGE CAPITAL. A VERY GOOD COPY. COMPLET.

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Language: fre Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from BK edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. THERE MIGHT BE DELAY THAN THE ESTIMATED DELIVERY DATE DUE TO COVID-19. Pages: 618 Pages: 618.