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[DE DIIS GERMANIS sive veteri Germanorum, Gallorum, Britannorum, Vandalorum religione syngrammata quatuor cum figuris aeneis.
Notis et Observationibus Illustravit M. Joannes Jarkius.
Accedit Praefatio Jo. Alberti Fabricii.]
[by Schedius, Elias]
"The Gods of the Germans whether it be
the Old Religion of the German, Gauls, Briton, (or) Vandals."
[Ex officina Crugiana, Halae, 1728]
This work discusses the so-called Saxon gods who gave their names to the days of the week, as illustrated in Richard Verstegan's Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities (1605), it pictures a handful of other gods thought to have been counted among the Germanic deities.
Engraved frontis, lacks title page, illustrated with 8 amazing copper engravings (complete)
Size 4.5 by 7 inches
Original vellum binding with old library label at the front cover and front pastedown, manuscript title at the spine.
Hinges broken, frontis detached, foxing, soiling of vellum
Text in Latin
Reserve: $349.00
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1728 MYTHOLOGY ILLUSTRATED GERMAN GODS ANTIQUE vellum bound
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