Nicolai Gürtleri Origines Mundi

& in eo regnorum, rerumpubl. populorum (...). Amsterdam, ex Officia Wetsteniana, 1708, (12),915,(41) p., with engraved frontispiece, title vignette and 1 large folding engraved map, finely bound in contemporary gilt vellum with ribbed back, 4to (front board trifle stained).

Nicolaus Gürtler (Basel 1654- Franeker 1711) was a reformed theologist and philologist and a highly productive author. He became professor of theology at Hanau (1688), Bremen (1696), Deventer (1699) and finally Franeker (1707). His "Origines Mundi" is a standard work in the field of religions, traditions and customs of the ancient peoples of the world.