CUPER, GISBERT.

Harpocrates. Numerous engraved text illustrations. [8], 294, [14] pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, 18th-century mottled calf gilt, front joint partly cracked. Utrecht: Franciscus Halma, 1687 Second edition of a work first published in 1676, "an involved, exhaustive treatise on the deity Harpocrates, originally the Egyptian Heru-p-Khrat or 'Horus the Child'... The cult worshipping this deity flourished during the late Roman Empire. Of interest is the fact Cuperus describes and figures a small number of engraved gems upon which Harpocrates appears" (Sinkankas). This copy lacks the plates. Sinkankas 1517.