La Philosophie des images enigmatiques

by Claude François Menestrier

$5,000 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Lyon: Hilaire Baritel, 1694. 12mo. xxiv , 491, 3 pp. Folding engraved plate. 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards. A good copy. Item #19860 First edition of this lengthy explication of occult talismans, pentacles, hieroglyphs, monuments, and characters found in esoteric ritual. Written by a Jesuit scholar, the text classifies enigmatic images according to their context and meanings without prejudicing Christian over

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