DISSERTATIONES DE SIBYLLIS, earumque Oraculis cum figuris aeneis [Dissertations on the Sibyls and their Oracles with copperplate illustrations].
by Gallaeus, Servatius [Gervais Gallé 1627?-1709]
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fair
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Apud Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom, 1688. Hardcover. Fair. Folding copperplate portrait of Gallé signed R. de Hooge [Romeyn de Hooghe] 1686 + engraved titlepage + 10 of 14 copperplates + a few text illustrations.. Quarto contemporary calf tooled lacking most of spine (covers detached/corners very worn). Folding portrait, engraved title, title page +[12] +[24] +658pp +[26]pp indexes. Appears to lack 4 of the plates of Sibyls. Some gatherings coming loose from spine. Text in Latin with brief passages in Greek, some Greek text with parallel Latin translation. *Imperfect copy, in need of binding repair, priced accordingly.
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- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V70814
- Title
- DISSERTATIONES DE SIBYLLIS, earumque Oraculis cum figuris aeneis [Dissertations on the Sibyls and their Oracles with copperplate illustrations].
- Author
- Gallaeus, Servatius [Gervais Gallé 1627?-1709]
- Illustrator
- Folding copperplate portrait of Gallé signed R. de Hooge [Romeyn de Hooghe] 1686 + engraved titlepage + 10 of 14 copperplates +
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Apud Henricum & Viduam Theodori Boom
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1688
- Keywords
- oracles fortune occult Greek Roman sibyls
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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