Mar 20, 2003 - Sale 1964

Sale 1964 - Lot 67

Price Realized: $ 115
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Estimate: $ 100 - $ 200
CUPER, GISBERT. Harpocrates. Numerous engraved text illustrations. [8], 294, [14] pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, 18th-century mottled calf gilt, front joint partly cracked. Utrecht: Franciscus Halma, 1687

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Second edition of a work first published in 1676, "an involved, exhaustive treatise on the deity Harpocrates, originally the Egyptian Heru-p-Khrat or 'Horus the Child' . . . The cult worshipping this deity flourished during the late Roman Empire. Of interest is the fact Cuperus describes and figures a small number of engraved gems upon which Harpocrates appears" (Sinkankas). This copy