EMBLEM BOOKS -- EGYPT -- VALERIANO, G.P. Hieroglyphica, sive de sacris Aegyptiorum aliarum que gentium litteris, commentariorum libri LVIII cum duobus aliis ab eruditissimo viro annexis. Ed. nov. Cologne, Ex Off. Hieratorum, 1631. (60), (248, (8), 19, (1); 122, (2); 83, (1), 760, (56) pp. W. num. charming woodcut emblems. 4°. Old cf. (Rebacked & recornered in later cf., w. libr. stamps, hinges strengthened, (rather) browned/foxed).
Later edition of a 1556 commentary on the 5th-century work ascribed to Horapollo interpreting Egyptian hieroglyphs. - Landwehr, German 618; Praz p. 521; Kat. Orn. Berl. 4503; Caillet 10977ff. (diff. eds.).€ 500
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