Turris Babel, sive Archontologia qua primo priscorum post diluvium hominum vita, mores rerumque gestarum magnitudo, secundo Turris fabrica civitatumque exstructio, confusio linguarum & inde gentium transmigrationis, cum principalium inde erratorum idiomatum historia multiplici eruditione describuntur & explicantur.

Folio: [16 incl. front.]-219-[13] pp.; 12 pl. (few spots, some normal toning).

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands (lower corners and tail shabbily restored, rubbed).

First edition of this richly ill. work on the origin of languages with a principal focus on examining the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, and on Egyptology. Ill. with an engr. front. by I. van Munnichuysen after G. de Lairesse, 12 double-page or fold. engr. maps and views, 13 in-text engr. and numerous pl. with hieroglyphs. Printed in 2 col.
Ref. DBS IV:1069:36. - Caillet 5795. - STCN.
Prov. Frans De Vriendt (1829-1919), Belgian sculptor (bookpl. with his motto "Gaat uw weg en ziet niet om"). - A.J. Rubens (old ms. entry). - Illegible ms. entry.