De coronis et tonsuris paganorum, Iudaeorum, Christianorum libri tres : ad lucem historiae sacr[a]e & profanae / auctore P.F. Prospero Stellartio ...
1625
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De coronis et tonsuris paganorum, Iudaeorum, Christianorum libri tres : ad lucem historiae sacr[a]e & profanae / auctore P.F. Prospero Stellartio ...
Created/published
Duaci : Typis Baltazaris Belleri sub Circino Aureo, Anno 1625.
Description
[16], 262 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 16 cm (8vo)
Associated name
Stellartius, Prosper, -1626, author.
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Place of creation/publication
France.
Item Details
Call number
270294
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The K. Frank and Joycelyn C. Austen Acquisitions Endowment. From dealer's description: "The first edition of this unusual treatise on hairstyles and hats of various peoples. For Joseph Ware it was the standard account and he referred readers of his history interested in monks’ tonsures to it. The first part deals with different pagan cultures, while the second and third parts treat of Jews and Christians, respectively. The three full-page engravings all illustrate different sects of the Turks (Chapter XVII), of varying levels of hirsuteness and ‘barbarity’ - the first has long hair, wears a lionskin, and reads a book; the second is also reading but wears a woven garment and hat; the third is draped in sheepskin, sports a fully-shaven head, and is in the process of cutting open his own forearm. Chapter XVIII, the final chapter in part one, treats the hair, beards, and dress of Mexicans." Ordered from Blackwell's Rare Books, D 9144, 2017-11-02, Email quote, item 3.
Folger accession
270294