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Hieroglyphics. Collected by the Egyptian Society. Arranged by Thomas Young, M.D. F.R.S.

YOUNG Thomas

Item #M7148

Extremely rare, only 8 copies known on WorldCat. No more than 200 copies of this work were printed, as stated in the introduction. Howlett and Brimmer, Printers, London, 1823. First edition. Folio, iii pages & plates numbered 1 to 98, of which plates 84-85 and 86-87A are double folded plates, while there is a separate plate 87B. Modern brown half-leather, a very fine copy, unmarked. First paragraph of the introduction: "The triple INSCRIPTION OF ROSETTA having afforded the 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. For this purpose, the efforts of a single individual would probably be too feeble, and the duration of a single life might possibly be too short; but it may be effected with much more ease, and with far greater certainty, by the continued cooperation of a Select SOCIETY, determined to keep it constantly in view." From the library of Egyptologist Andrew H. Gordon. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Language, Texts & Writing.

Language: English.

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