Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Hieroglyphicorvm ex sacris Aegyptiorum literis libri octo
Publisher: [Lorenzo Torrentino]
Published: 1556
Place of publication: Florentiae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Symbolism; Egyptian language; Hieroglyphics; Hieroglyphic Writing; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Hieroglyphicorvm ex sacris Aegyptiorum literis libri octo; Hieroglyphicorum ex sacris Aegyptiorum literis libri octo
Work titles: Hieroglyphica. Libri 1-8
Notes: Publisher from Mortimer.

The 1st ed., incomplete. It breaks off after the 4th paragraph of Liber 9; see Mortimer.

Elaborate allegorical t.p. border, incorporating Medici arms. Numerous woodcut ill. The first cut on g6r is printed upside down, as in the Harvard copy described by Mortimer. Historiated and foliated initials.

Signatures: (*)² a-k⁶ l².

Includes index.

Mortimer, R.  Italian 16th-cent., 511

Binding: limp vellum. Foredges turned down over textblock. Abbreviated author and title on spine in gilt. Page edges sprinkled red.

Occasional marginal annotations in brown ink.