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Very Good - Contemporary vellum, panelled in blind with central arabesque medallion; small losses at head and foot of spine; covers mildly darkened and spotted as usual, binding firm. Title-page with faint tide-mark to upper edge, light occasional browning, margins wide and woodcuts with strong impressions. Early ink ownership inscription on title and front flyleaf (“Delvans Ron Caislay”, indistinct). Complete with both “Tables”, full text of Books I and II, and final blank.
A handsome and complete example of the first bilingual edition of Horapollo’s Hieroglyphica, a key emblematic and Egyptological text of the Renaissance.
Pages / Collation: *⁸ A–N⁸ O⁴ (O4 blank); [8] prelims (title, typographus, tables), 107 leaves main text, [1] index, [1] blank.
Adams H-871 · BM STC (French) 1470–1600, p.230 · Brunet III, 343 · Graesse III, 336 · Landwehr French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese Emblem Books 389 · Praz, Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery, pp.285-287.
Latin and French (parallel columns) Please see photos as part of condition report
