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RefNoAP/5/13
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, on Egyptian monuments by the Duc de Chaulnes [Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly]
Date21 February 1783
DescriptionThe Duke's essay discusses Egyptian monuments and hieroglyphs, focusing on a monument found near Saccora [Saqqara, Egypt] dedicated to animals.

Subject: Anthropology

Written in Paris and addressed to Docteur Bancks [Joseph Banks]. Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1783.

The Duke of Chaulnes did publish this as a pamphlet in 1777: Le Duc de Chaulnes. 'Mémoire sur la véritable entrée du monument égyptien'. Clousier, Paris, 1777.
LanguageFrench
Extent24p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialLe Duc de Chaulnes. 'Mémoire sur la véritable entrée du monument égyptien'. Clousier, Paris, 1777.
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8045Picquigny; Marie Joseph Louis d'Albert d'Ailly (1741 - 1793)1741 - 1793
NA8116Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist1744 - 1820
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