Template:Short description The Prix Volney (Template:Langx) is awarded by the Institute of France after proposition by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres to a work of comparative philology.

The prize was founded in 1822 in memory of count Volney and was originally a gold medal worth 1,200 francs.<ref>Joan Leopold (Ed.) 1999. The Prix Volney: Its History and Significance for the Development of Linguistic Research. Vol.1a p.83. Kluwer Academic Publishers.</ref>

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