The Rosetta Stone (Egyptian)

SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1981* Publisher: British Museum Publications.* Binding and cover condition: Text-illustrated soft card covers, red and white titles to black ground. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. Very slight creases to spine. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: B/w line drawings and photographs.* Pages: 30 pp. text. i pp. list of heiroglyphics at rear.* Product Description:- The slab of compact black basalt, called for nearly two centuries the Rosetta Stone, stands in the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery of the British Museum in London. It carries three distinct inscriptions in different scripts the last of which is Greek. It was discovered in mid-July 1799 and was dispatched to Cairo at Napoleon?s instruction. Following British intervention in Egypt it was handed over by a French officer and removed to London where it was deposited with the Society of Antiquaries. They made four plaster casts which were sent to British universities and numerous copies of the Greek text and sent them to all the Libraries, Universities, and Academies in Europe before it was put on display to the general public in The British Museum.* This is a VG copy of the 1st thus. with minimal shelf wear.*