Archive of World War I-Related Letters and Processions of a French-American Soldier

by CHAMPOLLION, André

$1,600 · Offered by Between the Covers

A poignant collection of letters and personal belongings relating to the World War I service of André Chéronnet-Champollion, the great-grandson of Jean Francois Champollion, the Egyptologist and decipherer of the Rosetta Stone, who was killed by a German sniper soon after arriving at the French Front in early 1915 and..... More

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