Report of the Committee Appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to Translate the Inscription on the Rosetta Stone

Henry Morton, Charles R. Hale, S. Huntington Jones

Verlag: The Philomathean Society, 1859

Beschreibung

University of Pennsylvania, 1859. Second edition. Manuscript lithography and chromolithography throughout, with text framed by decorated borders. Original binding with gilt letters and decoration. Front hinge partly detached and small section missing from the spine. All plates appear to be present except there are only three of those identified as "Separate Plates" on the last page. Former owner names written neatly on the front endpaper. In fragile but near-complete condition. The Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania, founded in 1813, is the oldest continually existing college literary society in the U.S. In 1858, three undergraduate members of the Society published the first complete English translation of the Rosetta Stone. The translation quickly sold out two editions and was internationally hailed as a monumental work of scholarship. In 1988, the British Museum included the book in its select bibliography of the most important works ever published on the Rosetta Stone. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers N-RE1859H-HIS

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Report of the Committee Appointed by the ...

Verlag: The Philomathean Society

Erscheinungsdatum: 1859

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: 2nd Edition