M. Champollion-Figeac - Égypte ancienne - 1839

Superb illustrated edition of 92 plates! This work is part of the movement of rediscovery and popularization of ancient Egypt in the 19th century, following major scholarly expeditions and the work of deciphering hieroglyphs.

Published in 1839 by Firmin Didot Frères, a renowned house known for its meticulous and scholarly editions, the volume presents an erudite synthesis of pharaonic civilization, its monuments, beliefs, and institutions, based on contemporary philological and archaeological research.

Champollion-Figeac, a historian and archivist, highlights his brother's intellectual legacy while offering an accessible and structured view of Egypt, aimed at a cultivated and curious readership interested in antiquities.

The collection constitutes an important bibliographic milestone, revealing the rise of Egyptology in the 19th century, where scholarly editions and Romantic curiosity combined to make ancient Egypt an object of fascination and knowledge.

M. Champollion-Figeac - Ancient Egypt - 1839 - Firmin Didot Frères
500 pages

Good condition of the binding, book in its original brown half-leather, marbled boards, signs of wear from use, tear on the lower headband, slightly cracked hinges, pigmented edges, false raised bands on the spine decorated, with gilded titling.

Good interior condition, scattered foxing, work enriched with 92 superb plates at the end, texts in two columns, marbled endpapers in good condition.

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