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Antique Print-EGYPT-STATUE-HARPOCRATES-SEAL-EMBLEM-Pococke-1776

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€45.00

Een Harpokrates en Egyptische Zegels – This scarce original antique print depicts ancient Egyptian seals/emblems and a statue of Harpocrates, the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality in the Hellenistic religion developed in Ptolemaic Alexandria.

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‘Een Harpokrates en Egyptische Zegels’

Etching / engraving on hand laid (verg?) paper.
Sheet size: 19,7 x 25,2 cm. (7,8 x 9,9 inch). Image size: 16,5 x 23,5 cm. (6,5 x 9,3 inch).

From: ‘Beschryving van het Oosten, en van eenige andere landen’ by Richard Pococke, Dutch edition published 1776.

Made by an anonymous engraver after ‘Richard Pococke’. The author of this work is Richard Pococke (1704 – 1765), an English prelate and anthropologist. He was the Bishop of Ossory (1756?65) and Meath (1765), both dioceses of the Church of Ireland. However, he is best known for his travel writings and diary.

Condition: Very good, given age. Original fold as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: EGYPT-STATUE-HARPOCRATES-SEAL-EMBLEM

PCOM-A11-15

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Dimensions 25 × 19 × 1 cm

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