Author: CHAMPOLLION-FIGEAC, Jacques-Jospeh.
Title: Égypte ancienne.
Description: Paris, Firmin Didot, 1858. Rebacked (part of original spine laid down), with gilt coat of arms on both sides of the city of Utrecht. With folding map and 92 steelengravings of Egypt. 500 pp. First published in Paris in 1839; part of the series L'Univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Champollion had a major influence on the scientific development of his brother Jean François, 'le père de l'Égyptologie moderne', who was twelve years younger. Although Champollion-Figeac himself was very erudite, he sometimes stayed in the background to help his brother progress. After his premature death in 1832, he published his unfinished manuscripts. Blackmer Collection 315; Andres 1016; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.130.
Keywords: Africa Egypt Middle East
Title: Égypte ancienne.
Description: Paris, Firmin Didot, 1858. Rebacked (part of original spine laid down), with gilt coat of arms on both sides of the city of Utrecht. With folding map and 92 steelengravings of Egypt. 500 pp. First published in Paris in 1839; part of the series L'Univers. Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Champollion had a major influence on the scientific development of his brother Jean François, 'le père de l'Égyptologie moderne', who was twelve years younger. Although Champollion-Figeac himself was very erudite, he sometimes stayed in the background to help his brother progress. After his premature death in 1832, he published his unfinished manuscripts. Blackmer Collection 315; Andres 1016; Ibrahim-Hilmy I, p.130.
Keywords: Africa Egypt Middle East
Price: EUR 137.50 = appr. US$ 149.44 Seller: Gert Jan Bestebreurtje Rare Books (NVvA/ILAB)
- Book number: 33123
- Book number: 33123