Ori Apollonis Niliaci, de sacris notis & sculpturis libri duo, vbi ad fidem vetudti codicis manu scripti restituta sunt loca permulta, corrupta ante ac deplorata
A Renaissance Latin edition of Horapollo's Hieroglyphica, the late-antique treatise interpreting Egyptian sacred signs, edited by Jean Mercier and printed by Jacques Kerver in Paris in 1551 for humanist readers and emblem compilers. The 179 small square woodcuts each isolate one sign — a wing, a phoenix in flames, a crouching bird, a serpent by water — against ruled hatched skies, plumed clouds, tufted foliage and distant walled towns, offering compact emblem vignettes, animal silhouettes and reusable landscape backgrounds.
