BOSCA, Piero Paolo De serpente aeneo Ambrosianae Basilicae Mediolani micrologus Milan ex typographia Francisci Vigoni 1675
8vo. 70ff. (including half-title and the final imprimatur leaf). Large folding etched plate (with 2 short tears), half-title a little discoloured, a little staining. Later boards, rebacked with calf.
FIRST and probably only edition of Bosca’s treatise of the Brazen Serpent which originally was made by Moses in the Wilderness (described in the Book of Numbers) and for a long time was kept in the Temple at Jerusalem. At some point in the Middle Ages it was transferred to the Duomo in Milan where it has been ever since. Bosca examines its divinatory powers and delves into the mythology that surrounds it.BL STC p.148; RLIN locates the copy at theGetty Library; OCLC adds the University of Illinois
£400
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