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SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY CHAMPOLLION
CHAMPOLLION, JEAN FRANCOIS. (1790-1832). Decipherer
of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Autographed Letter Signed
("j.f. Champollion lejeu"). Half-page, quarto,
with integral address leaf (Paris, ca.1830). To the
naturalist Dureau de la Malle regretting a previous engagement
preventing him from seeing Cuvier. (Small seal tear, very
lightly browned, otherwise in excellent condition).
(Item L-Champollion100).
Letters of Champollion are extremely rare.
$4,500.00
SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER BY LAYARD
LAYARD, AUSTEN HENRY. (1817-1894). Author and
excavator of Nineveh. Autographed Letter Signed "A.H. Layard,"
small 8vo, 8 pp.,
dated August 10, 1849. To Lady Canning. Sent from Erzeroom, reporting on
early progress of his expedition whose purpose was to excavate a mound
opposite Mosul on the eastern bank of the Tigris where he found Nineveh,
uncovered the palace of Sennacherib and many extraordinary works of art,
and discovered large numbers of cuneiform tablets. (Item L_Layard200).
Though Layard letters
of his late years are easily found in the market, and usually of a social
nature, letters written during his early archaeological career are quite
rare.
$1,250.00
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