CHAMPOLLION, JEAN-FRANCOIS. Precis du Systeme Hieroglyphique des Anciens Egyptiens. 48 lithographed plates. Half-title in first volume, apparently lacking in second. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, later19th-century navy calf, spine attractively

CHAMPOLLION, JEAN-FRANCOIS. Precis du Systeme Hieroglyphique des Anciens Egyptiens. 48 lithographed plates. Half-title in first volume, apparently lacking in second. Together, 2 volumes in one. 8vo, later19th-century navy calf, spine attractively gilt in 6 compartments, with morocco lettering piece in one and fishscale tooling in the rest Unidentified 19th-century morocco bookplate with griffin passant. Paris, 1824 E2000-3000 FIRST EDITION. "Known as the founder of Egyptology, Champollion embodied in this work the result of his efforts to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs. By equations of demotic andhieroglyphic characters, he was able to identify native Egyptian names and to demonstrate the relationship between the ancient Egyptianand Coptic languages. Although he was unable to decipher the Rosetta Stone inscription, Champollion's work clearly established the alphabetic character of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing" The Philip Mills Arnold Semeiology Collection 13. Ibrahim Hilmy I, 129.