Pomey, Franciscus. Pantheum mythicum, seu Fabulosa deorum historia. Editio decima. 8 Bl., 298 pp., 7 Bl. Title in red and black. With copper title (in Pag.) and 27 copper plates. 15 x 10 cm. Parchment d. Z. (somewhat rubbed) with ornamental gilding, floral lid borders with corner fleurons as well as gold embossed lid vignettes with representation of a unicorn and 4 silk closing bands. Amsterdam, Schouten and Utrecht, J. J. a Poolsus, 1777. De Backer-Summerbird VI, 976. See Graesse V, 398. – Amsterdam edition of the introduction to the history of the gods of the Greeks and Romans, first published in Lyon in 1659, which was distributed in numerous editions as a textbook, written by the Jesuit priest and lexicographer François-Antoine Pomey (1618-1673). The copper shows the main gods of antiquity with their most important attributes. – Low fingerspot. Exemplary with a decorative unicorn representation on both lids.