Lot 99
Animals in the Bible – A Comprehensive Study by Samuel Buchart, London, 1663 – First Edition
Hierozoicon, Sive bipertitum opus de animalibus sacrae scripturae, by Samuel Buchart. London: Excudebat Tho. Roycroft... impensis Jo. Martyn et Jac. Allestry, 1663. Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Two parts in one volume.
French scholar and priest Samuel Buchart's (1599-1667) notable work, in which he attempts to identify biblical animals based on a variety of ancient sources: The Holy Scriptures, Near Eastern literature and Greek and Latin sources. First edition, with four illustrations of animals (in-text illustrations) and the author's portrait.
Part I: [48] ff., 1094 columns, [64] pp. + [1] plate (author's portrait); Part II: [4] ff. (bound out of order, at the end of the book), 888 columns, [56] pp. Approx. 37 cm. Good-fair condition. Embossed stamp on title page of part I. Stains, creases and worming (mostly minor, without damage to text). Some leaves partly detached, with marginal tears. Fine vellum binding, blemished and worn, detached (along with flyleaves). Spine missing.
