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HEDERICH, BERNHARD.
Gründliches Lexicon Mythologicum, worinne so wohl die fabelhafte, als wahrscheinliche und eigentliche Historie der alten und bekannten Römischen, Griechischen und Egyptischen Götter und Göttinnen. - [POPULAR WORK ON MYTHOLOGY]
Leipzig, Gleditsch, 1724. Large8vo. In a very nice contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands, gilt lettering to spine and richly blindtooled ornamentation to spine and boards. All edges coloured in red. A few scratches to boards. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front end-paper. Text in two columns. A very nice and clean copy. 15 ff. 1972 columns, (18) ff. + frontispiece.
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Beautifully bound first edition of one of the most used and popular refence books of the time, offering an easy accessible knowledge of Greek, Roman and Egyptian mythology. For each god the book provides a brief biography, his physical and psychological characteristics. The book went through several editions during the 18th century.
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Herman H. J. Lynge & Son
William Schneider
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