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"Aegyptiaca et Dekaphylon, Sive, De Aegyptiacorum Sacrorum Cum Hebraicis Collatione Libri Tres. Et De Decem Tribubus Israelis Liber Singularis" by Dutch theologan Hermanni Witsii (Hermann Witsius). The loose translation of the title is "Egyptian and Dekaphylon, or, On the Egyptian Sacred Books with the Hebrew Collation, Book Three. And a Unique Book about the Ten Tribes of Israel." 1696 2nd edition (stated); Gerardus Borstius; Amsterdam. Complete in one volume. "Accessit Diatribe De Legione Fulminatrice Christianorum, Sub Imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino" ("The Diatribe of the Lightning Legion of the Christians under the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus"). Frontispiece engraving with headpieces and tailpieces. The text is written primarily in Latin with Greek and Hebrew interspersed. Full leather binding with five raised bands on the spine.Condition:The front cover is detached. The front end paper and frontispiece are still to the inner edge of the front cover. The back cover, spine and text block… Read More

Herbornae Nassaviorum (Herborn): Johannis Nicolai Andreae, 1717. Third edition. Hardcover. f to vg. Octavo (8 3/4 x 6 3/4"). [24], 492, [4]pp. Contemporary blind-stamped parchment, with handwritten title to spine. Raised bands. Additional engraved title by A. C. Fleischmann. Title page in red and black lettering. Publisher's device on title. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Originally published in 1696, this third edition of Witsius' "Aegyptiaca et Dekaphylon" is a treatise on the religion of Egypt and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. It also includes an essay on the Christians under the reign of Marcus Aurelius. Binding partly darkened/water-stained, with closed tear along front joint. Ex-library sticker on spine and stamp on title page. Previous owner's name (Henry Allan) dated 1847 at upper margin of front free endpaper and fly leaf. Year "1717" written in ink at lower margin of title page (not affecting lettering). Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Text in Latin, with some Hebrew… Read More

Amsterdam: Gerardus Brostius, 1696. Second Edition. . Hardcover. See Description. 4to pp. [16], 492. Includes extra engraved title page. Library stamp on main title accompanied by a second perforated library stamp near the printer's device. The outer edges to the first few prelims are slightly worn. Pages are generally clean with occasional mild marginal spotting. A small piece is missing from bottom margin of the final leaf. Page 492 is a bit soiled. Bound in brown library buckram; title and shelf number in gilt on the spine; pocket on inside front cover. Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was a Dutch theologian and a professor of divinity at Franeker (1675), Utrecht (1680), and Leiden (1698). [EB11]. His Aegyptiaca (first printed in 1683) compares the religious rites of the Jews and the Egyptians. He argues against the theory put forth by Sir John Marsham and by John Spencer that Jewish traditions were derived from Egyptian practices. This second edition has been expanded from the first.… Read More

Amstelodami: Excudit G. Borstius, 1696. Small 4to, pp. [16], 492; engraved title page; contemporary full blindstamped vellum, title in ink on spine; some minor worming in the lower margins of the first dozen or so leaves neatly repaired; a very good, sound copy. Hermann Witsius (1636-1708) was a renown Dutch theologian noted for his efforts to reconcile the "federal" system of theology of Johannes Cocceius with orthodoxy. This work is a treatise on the religion of Egypt and the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. Ibrahim-Hilmy II, p. 339.