KIRCHER (A). SPHINX MYSTAGOGA, sive Diatribe hieroglyphica q - Lot 80

KIRCHER (A). SPHINX MYSTAGOGA, sive Diatribe hieroglyphica qua Mumiae, ex Memphiticis Pyramidum... Amsterdam, Janssonius Van Waesberge, 1676 In-folio of [16]-72-[6] pages, brown calf, ornate ribbed spine (contemporary binding) [8] ff., 72 pp., [3] ff. and 5 pl.., First edition of this famous work on Egyptology, illustrated with 6 plates (1 double) and numerous mysterious figures in the text, engraved on wood or copper: hieroglyphs, mummies, crypts, pyramids, etc., after Éliphas Lévy. According to Eliphas Levi, this work contains the hieroglyphic key to the sacred alphabets that Moses made the great secret of his Kabbalah and learned from the Egyptians (Caillet, 5793). Small cut to title without missing, hinges and corners restored, foxing due to the quality of the paper (Dorbon, 2390). Ex-libris Augustin Seguin.