Athanasii Kircheri e Soc. Iesu Obeliscus Pamphilius, hoc est, Interpretatio noua & hucusque intentata obelisci hieroglyphici quem non ita pridem ex veteri hippodromo Antonini Caracallae Caesaris, in agonale forum transtulit, integritati restituit & in Vbis Aeternae ornamentum erexit Innocentius X. Pont. Max.
Subtitle: in quo post varia Aegyptiacae, Chaldaicae, Hebraicae, Graecanicae antiquitatis doctrinaeque qua sacrae, qua profanae monumenta, veterum tandem theologia, hieroglyphicis inuoluta symbolis, detecta e tenebris in lucem asseritur
Publisher: Typis Ludouici Grignani
Published: 1650
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 560
Subjects: Egyptian language; Hieroglyphic Writing; Obelisks; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Obeliscus Pamphilius, hoc est, Interpretatio noua; Obeliscvs Pamphilivs, hoc est, Interpretatio noua
Notes: Engraved frontispiece by Cornelis Bloemaert after Giovanni Angelo Canini. Woodcut of Pamphili arms on t.p. Engraved port. of Innocent X Pamphili, to whom the work is dedicated. Large folded engraving depicts the obelisk with its hieroglyphics from all 4 sides. Engraved pages of ill., several signed by Pierre Miotte. Woodcut ill., some full page. Printer's device at colophon.  Head- and tail-pieces of printer's ornaments, initials.

Signatures: a-h⁴ A-4D⁴ 4E².

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