Hieroglyphica, sive De sacris Aegyptiorum, aliarumque gentium literis commentarii.... Lyon: apud Bartholomaeum Honoraty, 1579. a6, B4, a-Fff6, Ggg4, Hhh6. Large woodcut vignettes to title pages, hundreds of woodcut vignettes and diagrams throughout text. Folio (338 x 225 mm). Contemporary full vellum. General age toning and foxing throughout, covers worn, else a wide margined copy. An important and pioneering work on Egyptian hieroglyphics and emblematic literature, first published in Basel in 1556. While drawing on Horapollo, Hieroglyphica is the first modern study of Egyptian hieroglyphs. In the humanist tradition of Alciati, Bolzano brings together the allegorical symbolism of medieval bestiaries and the symbolic approach to Egyptian writing.
Hieroglyphica, sive De sacris Aegyptiorum, aliarumque gentium literis commentarii.... Lyon: apud Bartholomaeum Honoraty, 1579. a6, B4, a-Fff6, Ggg4, Hhh6. Large woodcut vignettes to title pages, hundreds of woodcut vignettes and diagrams throughout text. Folio (338 x 225 mm). Contemporary full vellum. General age toning and foxing throughout, covers worn, else a wide margined copy. An important and pioneering work on Egyptian hieroglyphics and emblematic literature, first published in Basel in 1556. While drawing on Horapollo, Hieroglyphica is the first modern study of Egyptian hieroglyphs. In the humanist tradition of Alciati, Bolzano brings together the allegorical symbolism of medieval bestiaries and the symbolic approach to Egyptian writing.
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