[Rarebooks] FS: Famous early study in Egyptology. Amsterdam: 1669-70

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(ARCHAEOLOGY) Pignoria, Laurentius. MENSA ISIACA, qua Sacrorum Apud Aegyptios 
Ratio & Simulacra Subjectis Tabulis Aeneis Simul Exhibentur & Explicantur. 
Accessit Ejusdem Authoris de “Magna Deum Matre” Discursus… Amsterdam: Andreae 
Frisii. 1669-1670. 4to. 2 works in 1 (as published), the second in two books. 
(8),96,(12);(8),96pp. With an added engraved title. Each of the three title 
pages have engraved vignettes. First work with 11 folding plates of 
hieroglyphics, 6 other full-page plates and additional text engravings. The second work (in 
2 parts) has engraved full-page illustrations and additional text illus. 
Cont. vellum, somewhat soiled. Some old soiling of text, but quite nice overall, 
particularly the large folding plates are very clean & attractive.     
$2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Famous study of the Egyptian artifact known as the “Mensa Isiaca,” a bronze 
table top discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Isis. The second work is 
Pignoria’s essay on the Great Mother of Gods along with another archaeological 
study.

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