Antoine Galland (1763–1851)
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Antoine Galland (1763–1851)
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Antoine Galland was a publisher and printer during the French Revolution and First Empire. As a printer, he joined the Commission des Sciences et des Arts, a body of technical experts (savants) sent to Egypt in 1798 to aid the work of the French expeditionary force in its successful invasion. He was therefore in Cairo when the newly discovered Rosetta Stone arrived in the city. With two other experts he was called on to make lithographic copies from the stone. These copies, the first seen in Eu
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French printer
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2024-01-05T17:30:57Z
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