Ad 1: Late edition, the first published in the Netherlands, of an historical work on the funeral rites in ancient Rome, by the German Philologist Johann Kirchmann (1575-1643), illustrated with a frontispiece and four vivid engravings by the Dutch engraver Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), published here for the first time. The book is divided into four parts, each opening with one of the folding engraved plates, showing pyres, processions, people in mourning and more. The text covers the many different funeral rites and ceremonies that were common in ancient Rome, citing numerous ancient authors. It deals with burial sites, cremations, tombs and graves, offerings, processions, etc. Added at the end is a brief treatise by the French librarian Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654), describing how to keep parasites away from corpses.
Ad 2: Late edition of the eulogy by Johann Kirchmann written for the Leiden professor, historian and classicist Paulus Merula, who died in 1607 when visiting Rostock, where Kirchmann was professor at the time.
Only slightly browned along the margins, otherwise in very good condition. Ad 1: Landwehr, Romeyn de Hooghe 20; STCN 833691473; ad 2: STCN 833691341.