A remarkable Papyrus-Scroll, written in the Hieratic Character about 1050 B.C., etc. [Also, a criticism on an article in Atlantis by P. le Page Renouf, extolling Champollion's system of Egyptian Hieroglyphics and denouncing that of G. Seyffarth. A cutting from The Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis.]
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Rare. Published in: The Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, vol. I, 1856-1860. George Knapp & Co, St. Louis, 1860. First edition. In-8, 1-16 & 527-569 pages. Contemporary hardcover, rubbed on edges and corners, ex-owner's stamp on several pages. A very good copy. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Travelers & Egyptologists, New Kingdom, Language, Texts & Writing.
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