1. Add MS 21416
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 21416
- Title:
- LETTERS to M. [Joseph] de Guignes, member of the Académie des Inscriptions, etc., upon the supposed connection between the modern Chinese and the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphical characters and inscriptions, as exemplified by a bust of Isis in the Turin Museum, viz.: 1. Letters from R. Sanchez ; Belleville, 24 July [1761]. Fr. f. 2. 2. John Turberville Needham (5 letters); Rome, 8 July-4 Nov. 1761. Fr. f. 3. 3. Paper signed by [Augustus Henry, Duke of] Grafton, F[rancis, Marquis of] Tavis...
- Scope & Content:
- Hieroglyphics Egyptian: Letters to Prof. de Guignes relating to: 1759-1767. Antiquities: Engraving of the bust of Isis in the Turin Museum: circ. 1760. Language and Literature of China: Letters, papers, and drawings relating to: 1759-1767. Joseph de Guignes, orientalist: Letters to, on Egypti...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English, French, Italian, and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1759-1764
- Extent:
- 1 item