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HOOGHE, Romeyn de

Hieroglyphica, of merkbeelden der oude volkeren: namentlijk Egyptenaren, Chaldeeuwen, Feniciers, Joden, Grieken, Romeynen enz.
Amsteldam
Joris van der Woude
1735
€450 - €700

4to (26,3 x 20,5 cm), [20], 455, [20] pp, engraved frontispiece, engr. title-vignette (Wandelaar), engraved portrait (Bos - Houbraken), dedication leaf with engraved arms, 1 headpiece by J. Wandelaar and 63 engraved plates by ROMEYN DE HOOGHE, numbered 1-63. Large paper copy. Calf binding of the period (in reddish brown), spine gilt, corners and lower end of spine slightly worn

First edition of de Hooghe's illustrated study of the iconography of the ancients. Ref. Landwehr, R. de Hooghe as a book-illustrator, 108. Provenance: Versturme Roegiers, R. Hérédia, Van der Helle, L. Crombrugge

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