Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesv, Oedipus aegyptiacus
Subtitle: hoc est Uniuersalis hierolglyphicae veterum doctrinae temporum iniuria abolitae instauratio. Opus ex omni orientalium doctrina & sapientia conditum, nec non viginti diuersarium linguarum, authoritate stabilitum, felicibus auspicijs Ferdinandi III, Austriaci sapientissimi & inuictissimi Romanorum imperatoris semper Augisto è tenebris erutum, atque bono reipublicae literariae conseoratum
Publisher: Ex typographia Vitalis Mascardi
Published: 1652
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 14
Subjects: History; Description and travel; Religion
Work titles: Oedipus aegyptiacus
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Includes indexes.

Colophon of v. 3 dated 1655.

Vol. 2 has sub-title: Gymnasium sive phrontisterion hieroglyphicum in duodecim classes distributum, in quibus encyclopaedia Aegyptiorum, id est, veterum hebraeorum, Chaldaeorum, Aegyptiorum. Graecorum, coeterorumque orientalium recondita sapienta, hucusque temporum iniuria pedita, per artificiosum sacrarum sculpturarum contextum demonstrata, instauratur.

Vol. 3 has sub-title: Theatrum hieroglyphicum, hoc est, noua & hucusque intentata obeliscorum coeterorumque hieroglyphicorum monumentorum, quae tùm Romae, tùm in Aegypto ac celebrioribus Europae musaeis adhuc supersunt interpretatio iuxta sensum physicum, tropologicam, mysticum, historicum, politicum, magicum, medicum, mathematicum, cabalisticum, hermeticum, sophicum, theosophicum; ex omni Orientalium doctrina & sapientia demonstrata.

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