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CHAMPOLLION-FIGEAC (Jacques-Joseph). The Obelisk...

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CHAMPOLLION-FIGEAC (Jacques-Joseph). The Obelisk of Louqsor transported to Paris. Historical, descriptive and archaeological note on this monument. Paris, Firmin Didot frères, 1833. In-8, bradel marbled paper boards (modern binding). First edition, illustrated with 2 off-text folding plates showing the Palace of Louqsor and the reproduction and interpretation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the obelisk from the drawings of Champollion the Younger. Some brown spots.