Lot 1214
1214
NICOLAI, J. Tractatus de siglis veterum omnibus elegantioris literaturæ amatoribus utilissimus, in quo continentur, quae ad interpretationem numismatum, inscriptionum, juris et fere omnium artium requiruntur, cujus subsidio facile literae explicari possunt. Leiden, A. de Swart, 1703. (22), 314 pp. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Lower edges of vellum a bit dam./worn, lower outer corner dampstained).
J. Nicolai (1653-1708) was professor of Classical Studies in Tübingen, but founded also a reputation as oriental and Hebrew scholar by his notes on the Jewish antiquarian works of Bertram, Sigonius and Cunaeus, and his publication of Abudacnus' Historia Jacobitarum. In this work he describes seals, secret signs, abbreviations in jurisdiction, medical science, arts and crafts, as well as musical notes and magical signs. - Rare.€ 120
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