Young: Hieroglyphics

Thomas Young,
Hieroglyphics,
Collected by the Egyptian Society,
vol. I-II, London, 1823-1828

vol. I: London, 1823. - iii pp., 37 pls. - pdf-file (13 MB)

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/young1823bd1 

vol. II: London, 1828. - pp. 38-40, pls. 41-98 - pdf-file (27 MB)

http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/young1828bd2

"The triple Inscription of Rosetta having afforded a prospect of the
partial interpretation of the Egyptian hieroglyphics in general, it
becomes a matter of high importance, for the advancement of literature
and of the study of antiquities, to collect and preserve all the remains
of the Hieroglyphical Inscriptions and Manuscripts, which have hitherto
escaped the injuries of time ... The process of lithography affords a ready
mode of obtaining a moderate number of copies of a drawing at a cheap
rate. The object of this collection being to exhibit perfectly correct
representations of the greatest possible extent of materials for a limited
sum, the introduction of any unnecessary ornament would obviously be
inconsistent with its complete attainment; and the delineation of all
works of art, as such, must, for the same reason, be excluded ... In
order to avoid the introduction of arbitrary hypotheses and erroneous
conclusions, no commentaries, nor even any particular nomenclature,
will be admitted into this series of hieroglyphics."

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