Lot 08096

POMEY Francois, “Pantheum Mythicum, seu Fabulosa Deorum Historia…”, Ultrajecti [Utrecht], Apud Guilielmum vande Water, 1717. 12mo, pp. [12], 298, [14]. Missing the engraved title page, with all the 27 full-page and folding copper plates.

Richly illustrated edition of one of the most popular mythology manuals of the 17th century, first published in 1659 and reissued more than 40 times, also translated into English, French, Spanish and Polish. Contemporary full vellum. External wear with soilling & loss of upper part of spine. Light waterstain on lower part throughout. Ex libris label on front pastedown, Handwritten dedication dated “1756”, later-modern indication of a date in pen on title page.