172- LENORMANT (Charles). Musée des antiquités égyptiennes, ou Recueil des monuments égyptiens, architecture, statuaire, glyptique et peinture, accompagné d'un texte explicatif. Paris, Leleux, 1841, in-folio, cherry half-basin, smooth spine decorated with gilt fillets, garlands and urns (period binding). Spine uniformly oiled and slightly rubbed. Unique edition of this monumental album, taking stock of the discoveries and work of the fledgling discipline of Egyptology. 39 engraved plates by Tranblay. One of the plates reproduces the Rosetta Stone, and the accompanying text explains its translation.