MACARIUS JOANNES; and CHIFLET JEAN Abraxas seu Apistopistus;

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MACARIUS, JOANNES; and CHIFLET, JEAN. Abraxas, seu Apistopistus; quae est, Antiquaria de gemmis Basilidianis disquisitio. Accedit Abraxas proteus, seu multiformis gemmae Basilidianae portentosa varietas; exhibita, & commentario illustrata. 28 engraved plates on 14 leaves with 120 numbered subjects; one full- and one half-page engraved illustration. [12], 143, [13] pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, spine darkened, covers slightly warped; occasional light toning of text, small hole in last plate minimally affecting images on recto and verso. Early signature of Erhardus Reuschius on title and elsewhere. Antwerp: ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1657

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scarce first edition of a treatise on Gnostic engraved gems and amulets. Sinkankas 4081. Bound at the end are 3 additional tracts by Chiflet: Annulus Pontificius Pio Papae II. assertus. Engraved plate. 8 pages. Np, (1658) Vetus imago sanctissimae Deiparae, in jaspide viridi, operis anaglyphi, inscripta Nicephoro Botaniatae, Graecorum imperatori. 2 engraved plates. 8 pages. Np, (1661) Socrates; sive, De gemmis eius imagine coelatis judicium. 6 engraved plates on 3 leaves, each with 4 subjects. 39 pages. Np, (1661).