Bound with his Turris Babel ... Amstelodami, M DC LXXIX., Interpretation of the hieroglyphics traced on two "enveloppes de momies" brought from Egypt and preserved at the Château d'Ussé in Touraine. Another edition (with imprint : Romæ, ex typographia Vitalis Mascardi) published in the same year. cf. A. de Backer, Bibliothèque des écrivains de la Compagnie de Jésus, 1853, 1. sér., p. 431., Printer's device on the title page with motto: Vivitur ingenio., and Signatures: +-++4A-K4 (K4 blank).
Title below image in Latin and German: Genesis Cap. L.v.2.3. Iacobus aromate conditus. ; I. Büch Mosis Cap.L.v.2.3. Der Balsamirte Jacob., Translated title supplied by curator., Place and year of publication from source volume., In margin upper right: Tab.CXIV., From: Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Physica sacra, Augustae Vindelicorum & Ulmae, 1731-1735., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
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Subject (Name):
Jacob (Biblical patriarch).
Subject (Topic):
Embalming, Funeral rites and ceremonies, Medicine in the Bible, Mummies, Dead persons, Grief, Undertakers, Skeletons, and Dogs
