(1554). HEROLD (Johannes). HEYDENWELDT UND IRER GÖTTER ANFÄNGCKLICHER URSPRUNG.... Basel, Henricum Petri, 1554. 3 parts of [288]-295-1bl.-130-[2] pages, bound in 1 volume in-folio, pale basane, spine ribbed and decorated (17th century binding). Johannes Herold (1514-67), a theologian from Basel and friend of Erasmus, studies here the origin of the gods, the reasons for their veneration by the ancients and also hieroglyphics. The 650 or so BEAUTIFUL WOODEN ENGRAVINGS in the book, the main part of which is the translation of Diodorus of Sicily, show mostly views and maps, animals and plants, many taken from Münster's "Cosmography" and other Basel illustrated books, including the 350 small emblems and hieroglyphs. Spine damage and split jaws. (USTC, 662480).