Autograph letter signed.
No place, 24 Nov. 1832.
8vo. ½ p. on bifolium. With integral address panel.
€ 350.00
To François Sauvo, of the "Moniteur Universel". Having studied Semitic languages, Silvestre de Sacy began to make himself a name as an orientalist, and during the years 1787-91 he worked on the Pahlavi inscriptions of the Sassanid kings. After retiring from public service in 1792, he became professor of Arabic at the newly-founded School of Living Eastern Languages ("École speciale des langues orientales vivantes"). He was a contemporary and teacher of Champollion, and made some progress in identifying proper names in the demotic inscription on the Rosetta Stone.
Slightly browned and wrinkled.
