Obeliscus Pamphilius. Hoc est, interpretatio noua & hucusque intentata obelisci hieroglyphici

by Athanasius Kircher

$6,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Arabic, Coptic, Greek, Hebrew, and Samaritan types, large printer’s device on final recto. Engraved portrait, large engraved folding plate the four sides of the obelisk , 5 full page illustrations including 2 copper-engraved by Petrus Miotte Burgundus , other woodcut illustrations. Lacks the engraved allegorical frontispiece. 64 , 560, 30 pp. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary vellum, panelled in gilt with central Jesuit emblem on the covers,

• Binding: Leather

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