Live auction - Lot 1224
[Antiquity]
De veterum gentilium lustrationibus syntagma [...].
LOMEIER, Johannes
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
Utrecht, Fr. Halma (E. ab Hoorn), 1681
4to: [16, engr. title incl.]-371-[12] pp. (occ. light spotting).
Contemp. overl. Dutch vellum, flat spine with ink title, spr. edges. Very good copy.
First edition of a treatise by the Zutphen scholar Lomeier (1636-1699) on ancient religious ceremonies (incl. occult practices), esp. the rites of purifying offerings (or lustratios). Illustrated with an engr. title.
Ref. Caillet 6779. - STCN. - Not in Dorbon.
Prov. Robert Spearman of Oldacres (1703-1761), esq. Durham, English theologian (armorial bookpl.). - Contemp. ms. ownership entry.