About the lot N° 604
Title : Hieroglyphs/Egypt. Valeriano. Hieroglyphica, Period : 1567
Condition report : Second edition, enlarged with the supplement of Curione and with the addition of twenty new vignettes. This work, considered the encyclopedia of the symbols and emblems of the era, illustrated by 265 woodcuts, is a curious compendium of ancient and Medieval lore: despite its title, this work will tell the reader very little about the hieroglyphs of Egypt, but it is full of information on natural history, culled from Medieval bestiaries, lapidaries, and the ‘Physiologus’. The work was widely used as a source in the 16th and 17th centuries for art, literature, and emblem books. Mortimer calls the book a major contribution to emblem literature, and Moseley calls it the great encyclopedia of symbol for the period. The author arranges his information in a series of entries, each illustrating a hieroglyph, accompanied by woodcuts ranging from an eagle with young to a sailing ship, to mystic triangles, to a man in a brimmed hat. Praz, p. 521, Caillet 10978, Adams V-51.Bado e Mart, auctioneer
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Sale title : Scientific Medicine Esoteric Mineralogy Books
Sale date : 15 Feb 2018
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