Essai de solution du problème philologique proposé en l'année 1823 par la commission de l'Institut de France, 1823.

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Essai de solution du problème philologique proposé en l'année 1823 par la commission de l'Institut de France, 1823.

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The commission of the Institut de France was charged with offering a prize on linguistics, under the will of Count Volney. Formerly, this essay was thought to have been by Baron Nicolas Massias (1764-1848), who won the Volney prize in 1828.

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