Ioannis Pierii Valeriani Bellvnensis Hieroglyphica, sive, De sacris Ægyptiorvm aliarumq gentium literis commentariorum libri LVIII : cum duobus alijs ab eruditissimo viro annexis : accesserunt loco auctarij, Hieroglyphicorum collectanea, ex veteribus & recentioribus auctoribus descripta, & in sex libros digesta : Horapollinis item hieroglyphicorum libri duo, ex postrema Dauidis Hschelij correctione : prætereà eiusdem Pierij declamatiuncula pro barbis sacerdotum, & reliqua opuscula siue poemata omnia
Pierio Valeriano's Hieroglyphica, a Latin encyclopedia of Egyptian and classical symbols, printed by Antonij Hierati at Cologne in 1614 for humanist scholars and emblem readers, with Horapollo and Curione appended. Small framed woodcuts set single figures, animals and hybrid creatures on bare hatched ground under ruled skies, giving designers compact emblem vignettes, gesturing bodies and simple line-shaded landscape stages.
