Description
[Curious]. Opsopäus, Johannes. Sibylliakoi Chresmoi hoc est Sibyllina Oracula illustrata. Paris, Abel l'Angelier, 1607. In 8° (187 x 122 mm); 3 parts in 1 volume; [16], 524, 71 [but 73], [3]; [2], 7-144; [2], VII-XXIIII, 114, [6] pages. Pictorial frontispiece copper-engraved by C. de Mallery, 12 illustrations depicting the Sibyls copper-engraved in the text, letterpress mark to title pages of the three parts (lightly browned, small halo to lower corner.) Coeval vellum binding with nailing. Edition corresponding to the 1599 first edition of this unusual work.Caillet 8135: "Ce recueil contient tous les fameux livres sibyllins, les oracles magiques de Zoroastre etc. et le traité d'oneirocritie d'Astrampsychus condensé par Scaliger ... Belles planches dans le texte."
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[Curious]. Opsopäus, Johannes. Sibylliakoi Chresmoi hoc est
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