Book Description

10th ed. thus. Small 8vo., pp. [xvi] ,298, [xiv] + 27 plates, and engraved frontispiece. Title in red and black, woodcut initials and headpieces. Inkstamp and ms code to title-page, but internally very clean. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red Morocco label, gilt borders, gilt coat of arms of Arnhem to each board, edges red. Spine and corners lightly rubbed, very good. With presentation certificate with signatures, made out to to G. A. La Borde and dated 1795.
Dealer Notes
Tenth edition of a Jesuit handbook to pagan gods, first published 1658, re-edited by Samuel Pitiscus.
Graesse IV 793 (earlier editions). Spoelder 7.
Author Pomey, F.: (Pitiscus, S.:)
Date 1777.
Publisher Amstelodami [Amsterdam] & Trajecti ad Rhenum [Utrecht]: Schouten & J.J.A. Poolsum,

Friends of the PBFA

For £10 get free entry to our fairs, updates from the PBFA and more.

Join PBFA

Membership of the PBFA is open to anyone who has been trading in antiquarian and second-hand books for a minimum of two years subject to certain criteria.
Find Out More