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Description : CHAMPOLLION, Jean-François 'le jeune' (1790-1832, egyptologist). Autograph draft of a petition, n.p. [Paris], n.d. [21 September 1830?], half page, 4to (cancellations and revisions, 2 small holes from ink erosion), and a letter by Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac (1778-1867, his elder brother) to Monsieur Lérat de Magnitot, n.p., 15 July 1832, enclosing the above, one page, 8vo , blank. A petition for exemption, according to a decree not yet revoked, from service with the Garde Nationale: 'J.F. Champollion le jeune membre de l'institut expose que chargé d'un service public et journalier en sa qualité de conservateur du musée des antiques du Louvre et de Professeur de langue et d'Archaeologie Egyptienne au même musée, il desirerait profiter provisoirement et jusques à la promulgation de la loi definitive sur la garde nationale, de l'exemption de service accordée par Décret Imperial non encore abrogé aux Professeurs attachés à des Etablissements publics ... ' The petition dates from shortly after the revolution of July 1830, when the Musée du Louvre (previously known as the Musée de Charles X) was ransacked by soldiers, damaging many of the artefacts in Champollion's care. Generally regarded as the 'Father of Egyptology', and a pioneer in deciphering ancient scripts, most famously on the Rosetta Stone, Champollion visited Egypt only once, on the Franco-Tuscan expedition of 1828-29. He was appointed Keeper of Antiquities at the Louvre in 1826. His work was strongly supported by his brother, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Professor of Greek at Grenoble and later Curator of Manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale, who published his Egyptian grammar and dictionary after his premature death. (2)
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About the lot N° 488
Title : Champollion, Jean-François 'Le Jeune'
Size : half page, 4to
Notes : This lot will be subject to VAT at the rate of 17.5% on the buyer's premium only.
Christie's, auctioneer, London, UK It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : The Albin Schram Collection of Autographed Letters
Sale date : 03 Jul 2007 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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