Oedipus Aegyptiacus
Book by Athanasius Kircher
Oedipus Aegyptiacus is Athanasius Kircher's supreme work of Egyptology.
The three full folio tomes of ornate illustrations and diagrams were published in Rome over the period 1652–54. Wikipedia
Originally published: 1652
Author: Athanasius Kircher
Original title: Oedipus Aegyptiacus: hoc est, Universalis hieroglyphicæ veterum doctrinæ temporum iniuria abolitæ instauratio