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Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Aegyptiorvm aliarvmqve gentivm literis commentarij

by: Valeriano, Pierio, 1477-1560; Curione, Celio Augustino, 1538-1567

Publication date: 1575

Topics: Egyptian language, Hieroglyphics, Symbols

Publisher: Basileae : Per Thomam Gvarinvm

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: Latin; Ancient Greek; Ancient Greek

Thomas Guarin's device on t.p. ("Palma Gvar.") and on last p. (Basler Büchermarken 204, with variant inscription "Palma Gvari."). Full-page port. of author on t.p. verso. Numerous woodcut ill., mostly taken over from Lorenzo Torrentino's partial ed. of 1556; see Mortimer, R., Italian 16th-cent., 511. Decorated and historiated initials in various sizes, some of them after Hans Holbein; see Hollstein

Includes index

Hollstein German

Binding: later vellum. Spine label with title in gilt: PIERII / HIEROGLYPH. Page edges sprinkled red

Ownership inscription of a Jesuit college at either side of device on t.p