Author: MUSSARDUS P. [ Pierre Mussard 1627 - 1686 ]
Title: Historia Deorum Fatidicorum, Vatum, Sibyllarum, Phoebadum, apud Priscos Illustrium: cum corum Iconibus. Praeposita est dissertatio de Divinatione et Oraculis
Description: Genevae, Petri Chouët, 1675. Small in-4°. [8] 249 pp [4] . Contemporary full vellum. Smooth spine. Vellum partly gone on the front cover. Binding soiled. ¶ Beautiful book on the oracles and divination, illustrated with a title vignette and 47 emblematic in-texto engravings of the gods and sibyls. Engravings by Jean-Louis Durant and Theodore de Bry. Old manuscript ex-libris and 1 wax seal. Ref: Hoefer, T37, 27-28.

Keywords: Emblemata, emblem books, oracles, divination,


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