HORAPOLLON

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HORAPOLLON
De Hieroglyphiques notis, à Bernardino Trebatio Vicentino latinite donatus. Paris, Robert Estienne, 1530. 8 pages (166 x 105 mm) of 24 ff.ch., 4 ff.n.ch. Half ivory vellum (19th century binding). Renouard, Estienne, 34: 13; Schreiber, 42. First edition. "It is in the popular Latin translation of Trebatius that Horapollo's influence was spread and started the vogue for hieroglyphics among the humanists. The interest in Horapollo led eventually to a new pictorial and literary genre: the emblem book" (Schreiber). Provenance: H.G. Doggett (wet stamp on the endpaper) - Elizabeth Armstrong (label on the back cover).
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