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Hieroglyphica, Seu de Sacris Aegyptiorum, Aliarumque Gentium Literis Commentarii
by Valeriano Piero Giovanni
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
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About This Item
Lyon: Paul Frelon, 1602. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Rebound in modern calf with the original boards preserved, endpapers added, paper repairs to the edges of the title page. 1602 edition of the first Renaissance dictionary of symbols written under the influence of the rediscovered Hieroglyphica of Horapolla, itself a work of scattered and questionable scholarship. (14), 644, (44), 47, (2), blank. Lacking front blank, otherwise complete with engraved woodcuts of symbols, scenes, mythological beasts, gods, and geometric shapes, throughout. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 042357.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042357
- Title
- Hieroglyphica, Seu de Sacris Aegyptiorum, Aliarumque Gentium Literis Commentarii
- Author
- Valeriano Piero Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Full Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paul Frelon
- Place of Publication
- Lyon
- Date Published
- 1602
- Keywords
- Language & Linguistics; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Rare;
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About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Folio
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- Rebound
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