The Correspondence of Edward Hincks: V. 1: 1818-1849: Vol...
Hincks, Edward / Cathart, Kevin J.![The Correspondence of Edward Hincks: V. 1: 1818-1849: Volume 1](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/351/3517930/CHSBZCOP033517930.jpg)
Covers the period from the 1820s when Hincks was a young clergyman and scholar, applying himself assiduously to his family and parish duties, and pursuing his study of the ancient Egyptian language, to the years 1846-9 during which he announced his epoch-making discoveries in the decipherment of Akkadian and its cuneiform writing system.