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Collation: *-**8, A-2I8, 2K6. Pagination: [32], 510, [15] p. Contemporary calf, floral gilt decorated spine,bottom of spine chipped, front hinge started, light dampstains in lower outer corner. Title with small library stamp outer margin. Folding plate with light pen lines and repairs to folds on verso, otherwise very good (see picture). Illustrations: Additional title and folding plate by Romeyn de Hooghe. The first edition of a work debunking the oracles of ancient Greece and Rome.Van Dale (1638-1708) Mennonite preacher, medical director of the hospital at Haarlem. "He early discovered an eager taste for acquiring the languages, which, for some time, his parents obliged him to give up for the more profitable pursuit of commerce. He, however, resumed his studies when about thirty years of age, acquired skill in Greek and Latin antiquities, and took his degree in physic, which science he practiced with success. In this work on oracles he holds that they were frauds of the priests. Fontenelle has abridged this work in his "des Oracles."Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) Dutch engraver, one of the greatest book artists of his period. Citations: Thorndike VIII: 477. Caillet 10999. Brunet V:1069. Seller Inventory # 20094
Bibliographic Details
Title: De Oraculis Ethnicorum Dissertationes ...
Publisher: Henricum & Theodori Boom,, Amsterdam:
Publication Date: 1683
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First edition. Rare.
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