CASALIUS, Joannes Baptista. De veteribus Aegyptiorum [Romanorum, Christianorum] ritibus, Rome: Andrea Fei, 1644-45. 2 volumes in one, 4° (228 x 165mm). Engraved title in volume II with arms of Innocent X, engraved arms of Cardinal Mazarin on title of volume I and of Cardinal Bichio on sub-title, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text including the oft-repeated emblem of Innocent X, half-title, with the colophon leaf with woodcut device (lacks all plates, top margins at the beginning a little waterstained, a few leaves lightly browned). Contemporary vellum (a trifle soiled). Olschki Choix, 16647.

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CASALIUS, Joannes Baptista. De veteribus Aegyptiorum [Romanorum, Christianorum] ritibus, Rome: Andrea Fei, 1644-45. 2 volumes in one, 4° (228 x 165mm). Engraved title in volume II with arms of Innocent X, engraved arms of Cardinal Mazarin on title of volume I and of Cardinal Bichio on sub-title, numerous woodcut illustrations in the text including the oft-repeated emblem of Innocent X, half-title, with the colophon leaf with woodcut device (lacks all plates, top margins at the beginning a little waterstained, a few leaves lightly browned). Contemporary vellum (a trifle soiled). Olschki Choix, 16647.

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