L’origine de tous les cultes – Dupuis – 1794 | Atlas Volume, 22 Engravings

Planches de L’origine de tous les cultes by Charles-François Dupuis is the companion atlas tome to the much more famous Origine de tous les cultes, ou, Religion universelle. This work was a foundational work in the 18^th-century works on the origins of astrology, astronomy, and mythology and how they are intertwined.

This tome contains 22 double-page engravings featuring zodiacal divisions, Egyptian astrology with Isis, Osiris, and Typhon, mythic voyages of Bacchus, the saga of the Argonauts, Mithraic imagery, Syrian and Arabian cosmography, and interpretive plates on the Apocalypse.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Planches de L’origine de tous les cultes
• Author(s): Charles-François Dupuis
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: Chez H. Agasse, A Paris, l’an III de la République (1794)
• Edition: Atlas tome, first edition; 1794.
• Format: (4to), single volume
• Binding: Leather
• Size:  10.25 in x 8.25 in (26 x 21 cm)
• Collation: 16pp of text
• Illustrations: frontis + 22 double-page plates
• Contents Include:
  • Divisions of the Zodiac
  • Planisphere of Ancient Egyptian Astrology with Isis, Osiris, Typhon
  • Voyages of Bacchus
  • On the Argonauts
  • Mithra Table
  • Cosmographic Systems of Ancient Syrians and Arabs
  • Explanations of the Apocalypse
• Provenance: provenance
• Reference(s): references

Condition:

Leather binding with gilt rules and marbled endpapers. The binding remains secure and the text block firm. Plates are complete and display clean impressions with natural toning typical of the era. Overall condition Very Good.

Why Collect This?

• Complete atlas volume with all plates present
• Noted for its historical role in Enlightenment-era religion and astronomy studies

Item Number: # 29278