Lot 08056

MATTHAEI BROUERII, DE POPULORUM VETERUM AC RECENTIORUM ADORATIONIBUS Dissertatio / In qua Preces, earumque Nomina, Differentiae, Origo, Historia, Ministri, Progressus & caeremoniae elucidantur / Cum figuris aeneis, Amstelaedami (Amsterdam), Excudit Johannes Oosterwyk, MDCCXIII (1713). In 16mo, p. [20],348,[1]. Original edition, COMPLETE, with frontispiece and 11 engravings by J.S. FECIT. Beautiful allegorical vignette “MISCENDUM UTILE DULCI” at the end of the preface. Index of the cited authors, index rerum & verborum. Text in Latin. The author, born in Amsterdam in 1667, Dutch jurisconsult and archaeologist, divided his time between jurisprudence, letters and the study of antiquity.

Contemporary full calfskin, triple fillet on the covers, highly decorated five-ribbed spine, title label, coloured edges. Covers visibly bumped and rubbed, foxing throuought, but clean and tight inside. Nice copy.