(1554). HEROLD (Johannes). HEYDENWELDT UND IRER GÖTTER ANFÄN - Lot 274

(1554). HEROLD (Johannes). HEYDENWELDT UND IRER GÖTTER ANFÄNGCKLICHER URSPRUNG.... Basel, Henricum Petri, 1554. 3 parts of [288]-295-1bl.-130-[2] pages, bound in 1 volume in-folio, light-colored basane, ornate ribbed spine (17th century binding). Johannes Herold (1514-67), Basel theologian and friend of Erasmus, studies here the origin of the gods, the reasons for their veneration by the ancients and also hieroglyphics. The book's 650 or so BEAUTIFUL WOODEN ENGRAVINGS, the main part of which is a translation of Diodorus of Sicily, show mostly views and maps, animals and plants, many taken from Münster's "Cosmographie" and other Basel illustrated books, including 350 small emblems and hieroglyphs. Damage to spine and split jaws. (USTC, 662480).