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GALLE, Servaas (ed.)

Sibulliakoi chrêsmoi [Greek], hoc est Sibyllina oracula. / Edited by S. Galle

Amstelodami
Henricus & widow Theodorus Boom
1689

€140 - €280

2 parts in 1 vol. in-4to, [28]-791-[27], 127 pp, engraved title-page: Oracula Sibyllina (by Romeyn de Hooghe). Text in Greek and Latin; annotations in Latin, quotations in Arabic and Hebrew. Very good copy. Contemporary vellum binding, title in ink on spine, sprinkled edges

First edition translated from the Greek and edited (with extended notes) by the philologist Servaes Galle (1627-1709) of the Sibylline Oracles, collection of oracular prophecies in which Jewish and Christian doctrines are confirmed by a sibyl. Modern bookplate Dr. J.A. Van Praag. Ref. Brunet II:68. - Caillet 10179. Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe, 75

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