[Rarebooks] FS: Two 18th c. works by Johann Nicolai, one on ancient Jewish burial practices w/ moveable plates

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Nicolai, Johann. LIBRI IV. DE SEPULCHRIS HEBRAEORUM: In Quibus... et
Figuris Aeneis Illustrantur. Leyden: Apud Henricum Teering. 1706. First
edition. Sm. 4to. (16),285,(3)pp. Title printed in red & black, with a
woodcut vignette. Illustrated with 8 copper engraved plates (1 folding;
3 with engraved overlay flaps), and numerous text woodcuts. BOUND WITH:
Nicolai, Johann. TRACTATUS DE SIGLIS VETERUM Omnibus... Quae ad
Interpretationem Numismatum Inscriptionum, Juris et Fere Omnium...
Leyden: Apud Henricum Teering. 1706. (22),314pp. Title page printed in
red & black with a woodcut vignette. Illustrated with 2 copper engraved
text plates and several thousand text woodcut sigla. Both works bound
together in cont. vellum, hand lettered spine (a bit soiled). Overall,
a very good copy with fine plates.  $1,250.00 (trade discount allowed)
Johann Nicolai (1653-1708) was a professor of classical studies in
Tubigen. "De Sepulchris Hebraeorum," is a first edition, published with
a reissue of "Tractatus de Siglis Veterum," first published in 1703.
These 2 separate works were not published bound together. Nicolai deals
with ancient Jewish burial, the plates depicting various biblical
tombs, with the 3 moveable flaps that lift up to reveal the interiors
of the tombs. The second work, "De Siglis," is an important reference
source on ancient seals, signs (including magical signs) and
abbreviations, and it is very scarce.

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