GALLAEUS (Servatius). DISSERTATIONES DE SIBYLLIS, EARUMQUE O - Lot 37

GALLAEUS (Servatius). DISSERTATIONES DE SIBYLLIS, EARUMQUE ORACULIS, CUM FIGURIS. Amsterdam, Henricum et Theodori Boom, 1688. In-4° of [16]-658-[50] pages, long-grained green half-maroquin, smooth spine (19th century binding). Rare treatise on the Sibylline oracles; illustrated with 6 medals in the text, an allegorical frontispiece, a folding portrait of the author and 14 plates engraved by Romain de Hooghe, 12 of which represent the Sibyls who are: Sibylla Persica, Sibylla Libyssa, Sibylla Delphica, Sibylla Cumaea, Sibylla Erythraea, Sibylla Samia, Sibylla Cumana, Sibylla Hellespontica, Sibylla Phrygia, Sibylla Tiburtina, Sibylla Europaea and Sibylla Eagyptia. The other 2 show a temple and the cult of the god Hercules Magusanus (Caillet 10179). A good copy. From the A. Kuhnholtz-Lordat library (bookplate).