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8. Prospectus of a work to be entitled Hieroglyphics, collected by 

 the Egyptian Society. — ^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 In- 

 scriptions and Manuscripts, which have hitherto escaped the 

 injuries of time. For this purpose, the efforts of a single indi- 

 vidual 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 con- 

 tinued co-operation of a select Society, determined to keep it 

 constantly in view. 



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 re- 

 presentations 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. 



It will naturally be desirable to select, in the first instance, in 

 order for their permanent preservation, such inscriptions and 

 manuscripts as have not yet been published ; but it is intended 

 that the work should ultimately comprehend every thing of the 

 kind that can be obtained ; not only because some of the most 

 important materials are thinly scattered through a variety of 

 magnificent and expensive works, but also because such a collec- 

 tion would afford a very great convenience, both for study and for 



