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Description : EGYPT -- WARBURTON, (W.). Essai sur les Hieroglyphes des Egyptiens, Où l'on voit l'Origine & le Progrès du Langage & de l'Écriture, l'Antiquité des Sciences en Egypte, & l'Origine du culte des Animaux. Trad. de l'Anglois. Paris, H.-L. Guerin, 1744. 2 vols. xxxii, 336, xxxv, -337-675, (3) pp. W. 7 fold. plates. Sm-8°. Cont. cf. (Binds. (a bit) worn), both vols. browned at beginning and end, corner of first free endpaper cut off and clumsily replaced, but sound inside). First French translation of 'The Divine Legation of Moses' which was published for the first time in 1737. It is a learned and discursive work, and excited extensive controversy in Warburton's lifetime, which the author pursued with acrimony. One side-issue, the history of writing, was treated by Warburton in a manner that proved influential. It is said that his study of the hieroglyphs influenced Champollion. Estimated Price: € 100
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