EGERTON (Sir Edwin Henry, 1841-1916, Ambassador to Greece)

Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Walter Joseph Sendall, (1832-1904, High Commissioner of Cyprus), introducing "Monsieur Fossey of the French Archaeological School at Athens - in whose favour and in behalf of whose Phoenician Exploration and Studies I have already had the pleasure of writing to you", 1 side 8vo, British Legation, Athens, 12th March n.y., c.

Sendall was a fine classical scholar and at this time British High Commissioner of Cyprus.
Charles Fossey, 1869-1946, went out to Athens in 1894. He studied inscriptions and excavations in Syria, then returned to France in 1899 to lecture on Babylonian religion. He wrote valuable works on Assyriology and was an expert on oriental typefaces.

Item Date:  1895

Stock No:  17095      £15

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