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KIRCHMANN, Johann

De funeribus Romanorum [...]. Nitidissimis figuris illustrati. Accessit et funus parasiticum Nicolai Rigaltii

Leiden
Hackius
1672

€140 - €200

3 parts in 1 vol. in-12mo, [48]-641 [= 649]-[45]-[2 bl.], 24, [8]-64 pp, illustrated with a frontispiece and 4 fold. plates by Romeyn De Hooghe. Corner torn of p. 1 (no text loss). Contemporary vellum binding, soiled, title in ink on spine

"Ref. Landwehr, R. De Hooghe, 20 ; Hollstein IX:649-651 (3 pl.) Important early study of Roman funerals by the German scholar Kirchmann (1575-1643). The second part is is a satire on corpse parasites by the French classical scholar and librarian Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654). The third part is the funeral oration pronounced by Kirchmann for Paul Merula (1558-1607), Dutch jurist and geographer."

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