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LICETI, Fortunio (1577--1657)
[Hieroglyphica, sive antiqua schemata gemmarum anularium]
Hieroglyphica, siue antiqva schemata gemmarvm anvlarivm, qvæsita moralia, politica, historica, medica, philosophica, & sublimiora, omnigenam eruditionem, & altiorem sapientiam attingentia, diligenter explicata responsis Fortvnii Liceti Genvensis ...
Patavii (Place), typis Sebastiani Sardi,, 1653.
[20], 440, [20] p. : engr. illus., port.

Engraved title-page emblem vignette and portrait of the author signed Jo. Georg. i.e. Giovanni Giorgi; the portrait dated '1652'. ICCU (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico) lists [20] pp. of prelims. BL. Italian, 17th cent., p. 487.

Copy Notes Imperfect; wanting two prelim. leaves. Front free-endpaper inscribed in ink John Soane/ 1801/. Verso of rear free-endpaper inscribed in ink with a reference to the Udine, 1652 edition of Fortunio Liceti's De lucernis antiquorum reconditis libb. sex.

Binding Contemporary C17th vellum, spine lettered in ink 'Licet/ Hierogl/ Yphica'. Round paper shelf-label at foot of spine.

Reference Number 6533


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