Histoire De La Perse (Asie Orientale)
Paris: Arnauld de Vresse. 1860. Binding: contemporary quarter dark red morocco over publishers red cloth, spine with four raised bands, title in gilt on spine, spine decorated with gilt motifs, upper and lower boards with blind ruling, gilt edges, with silk upper and lower end papers., Notes: Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778–1867) was a French archaeologist, elder brother of Jean-François Champollion (decipherer of the Rosetta Stone). He was born at Figeac in the département of Lot. He became professor of Greek and librarian at Grenoble. His research in Grenoble in 1803 revealed the existence of a Merovingian crypt under the church of St. Laurent. He was compelled to retire in 1816 on account of the part he had taken during the Hundred Days. He afterwards became keeper of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and professor of palaeography at the École des Chartes. In 1850 he became librarian of the Château de Fontainebleau. He was a correspondent, living abroad, of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands from 1832 to 1851., Size: Quarto, Illustration: Illustrated with five full page finely coloured plates. Text in French., Pages: P. Half title, printer’s information, blank, frontispiece, title, blank, 1 - 444, table (1 leaf)., Category: Book Asia Middle East Iran;. A fine and handsome example of this attractive work on Iran. The plates are coloured lithography and finely finished by hand. The texts and plates are clean and crisp.
. Item #B6157
Binding: contemporary quarter dark red morocco over publishers red cloth, spine with four raised bands, title in gilt on spine, spine decorated with gilt motifs, upper and lower boards with blind ruling, gilt edges, with silk upper and lower end papers., Notes: Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778–1867) was a French archaeologist, elder brother of Jean-François Champollion (decipherer of the Rosetta Stone). He was born at Figeac in the département of Lot. He became professor of Greek and librarian at Grenoble. His research in Grenoble in 1803 revealed the existence of a Merovingian crypt under the church of St. Laurent. He was compelled to retire in 1816 on account of the part he had taken during the Hundred Days. He afterwards became keeper of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and professor of palaeography at the École des Chartes. In 1850 he became librarian of the Château de Fontainebleau. He was a correspondent, living abroad, of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands from 1832 to 1851., Size: Quarto, Illustration: Illustrated with five full page finely coloured plates. Text in French., Pages: P. Half title, printer’s information, blank, frontispiece, title, blank, 1 - 444, table (1 leaf)., Category: Book Asia Middle East Iran;.
Price: $1,500.00