Hieroglyphica, of, Merkbeelden der oude volkeren : namentlyk Egyptenaren, Chaldeeuwen, Feniciers, Joden, Grieken, Romeynen, enz. [...]Beschreven en Verbeeld door M.r Romeyn de Hoogue [...[ door Arn. Henr. Westerhovius,
Te Amsterdam, by Joris van der Woude. MDCCXXXV [1735].
First edition. 4to, original half calf with speckled boards; pp. (xvi)+455+(20)(index including plates); eng. title, title in black & red with engr. vignette, engr. dedication, portrait of de Hooghe, 63 etched plates. Large paper copy. Binding worn, inner hinges strained, contents clean.
Extraordinary illustrations. ''The Hieroglyphica of the People of Old''. A collection of allegorical plates about the iconography of early cultures, with classical, Christian, Jewish and Mohammedan. The plates were etched by Romeyn de Hoogue (who had died in 1708), described in an extensive text by Arnoldus Herricus Westerhoff, written before Egyptian hieroglyphics were decyphered. The frontispiece portrait of de Hooghe was engraved by Houbraken after Bos.
Landwehr 108.
[Ref: 53763] £1,650.00
First edition. 4to, original half calf with speckled boards; pp. (xvi)+455+(20)(index including plates); eng. title, title in black & red with engr. vignette, engr. dedication, portrait of de Hooghe, 63 etched plates. Large paper copy. Binding worn, inner hinges strained, contents clean.
Extraordinary illustrations. ''The Hieroglyphica of the People of Old''. A collection of allegorical plates about the iconography of early cultures, with classical, Christian, Jewish and Mohammedan. The plates were etched by Romeyn de Hoogue (who had died in 1708), described in an extensive text by Arnoldus Herricus Westerhoff, written before Egyptian hieroglyphics were decyphered. The frontispiece portrait of de Hooghe was engraved by Houbraken after Bos.
Landwehr 108.
[Ref: 53763] £1,650.00