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Auction #134 begins on 01 Oct 2026

Horapollo. (Horus Apollo / Ὧρος Ἀπολλώνιος):

ORI APOLLINIS NILIACI,

De sacris notis & sculpturis libri duo vbi ad fidem vetusti codicis manu scripti restituta sunt loca permulta, corrupta ante ac deplorata. Quibus accessit uersio recens, per Io. Mercerum vticẽsem concinnata, & obseruationes non infrugiferae. Greek translation by Philippus. Edited by Jean Mercier

Published: Parisiis, Apud Iacobum Keruer, 1551

Reserve: $1,500

Approximately:

Estimate: $2000/3000

Bidding opens: 1 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 8 Oct 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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8vo (165 × 110 mm), xx (including vii Index), 223, (ii blanks), i publisher’s colophon (132 leaves), Greek and Latin text in parallel. complete with 195 woodcut hieroglyphic emblems in text attributed to Jean Cousin the Elder or Jean Goujon and the printer's device on the final leaf, cut on F8r printed upside down, vellum spine with the remnants of a leather title label, paper covered boards, a single worm hole penetrates many leaves, browning of several lines of type on the first two leaves, otherwise contents are very good.

This is the first bilingual (Greek–Latin) edition of Horapollo, and the first illustrated edition to combine both languages.

 Parisiis : Apud Iacobum Keruer, via Iacobæa, su duobus Gallis, M.D. LI [1551]

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (170 x 110 mm)


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