NICOLAI, JOHANNE. - THE HISTORY OF NIMBUSES.

Disquisitio De Nimbis antiquorum, Imaginibus Deorum, imperatorum olim, & nunc Christi, Apostolorum & Mariae Capitibus adpictis.

(Iena), Ehrt, 1699. 12mo. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt. Binding defective at start, another small work taken out ? (16),139,(13) pp. and 20 textengravings, some full page. Some leaves with a dampstain.

First edition of this curious and interesting tract on the history of haloes and nimbuses, secular as well as religious.

Order-nr.: 44461