Shelfmark
Gm.4.10
Author
Uniform title
[Prodromus coptus sive Aegyptiacus]
Title
Athanasii Kircheri Fuldensis Buchonii e Soc. Iesu. Prodromus Coptus siue Ægyptiacus. Ad eminentiss: principem S.R.E. Cardinalem Franciscum Barberinum in quo cùm linguae Coptæ, siue A Egyptiacæ [sic], quondam Pharaonicæ, origo, ætas, vicissitudo, inclinatio; tùm hieroglyphicæ literaturæ instauratio, vti per varia variarum eruditionum, interpretationumque difficillimarum specimina, ita noua quoque & insolita methodo exhibentur..
Varying form of title
Athanasii Kircheri Fvldensis Bvchonii e Soc. Iesv. Prodromvs Coptvs sive Ægyptiacvs
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Prodromus Coptus siue Aegyptiacus
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Prodromvs Coptvs sive Aegyptiacvs
Publication, distribution, etc.
Romæ. : Typis S. Cong: de propag: Fide., 1636.
Physical description
[24], 338, [2] pages : ill. ; 26 cm. (4⁰)
Note
Oriental type founts include Syriac, Arabic, Estranghelo, Samaritan, Chaldean, Hebrew, Rabbinical Hebrew, Aethiopic, Coptic, Saracen, and Hieroglyphic.
Note
Printer's device on title page.
Note
Signatures: [dagger]-3[dagger]⁴ A-2S⁴ ²2S⁴ 2T².
Note
Binding sequences of preliminaries and end pages vary between copies.
Note
With initials; head- and tailpieces.
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College Library on the front pastedown.
Provenance
Manuscript notes in pencil on a few pages partially trimmed (Granville Penn?)
Binding
19th century half binding with marbled paper on covers; flat spine with gold titling on black leather and gold fillets; yellow edges; two additional flyleaves at the beginning and end of volume.
Subject
Coptic language Early works to 1800.
Subject
Egyptian language Writing, Hieroglyphic Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Catholic Church Congregatio de Propaganda Fide, printer.
Added entry--place
Italy Rome.
Language code
lat cop
Identifier
B52336