Author: CUPER, Gisbert.
Title: Harpocrates, sive Explicatio imagunculae argenteae perantiquae; quae in figuram Harpocratis formata representat solem. Ejusdem monumenta antiqua inedita. Accedit S. Le Moine epistola de Melanophoris. With engraved frontispice by J. vanden Avele, 42 text figs. & 6 (partly fold.) plates.
Description: Utrecht, F. Halma, 1687. 4to. [vi], 294, (14) pp. Marbled calf, richly gilt spine with 5 raised bands. (Stamp on title-page; headcap sl.damaged; upper hinge slightly splitting) ¶ Gijsbert Cuper (1644-1716) was a first-rate archaeologist & Dutch politician. Although he corresponded with all important scientists of his time, his publications are only few. He even was presented books by the pope, and contemporaries judged him therefore arrogant. He was rector of the Atheneum illustre at Deventer. The first work deals with the hellenistic god Harpocrates "son of Isis", created after the Egyptian god Horus, much worshipped together with Osiris & Isis in a mystery cult.

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