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Peri mysterioon logos [Greek] / De mysteriis liber. Præmittitur epistola Porphyrii ad Anebonem Ægyptium / edited and translated by Thomas Gale

Oxford
e Theatro Sheldoniano
1678

€300 - €400

In-folio (31,7 x 19,5 cm), [40]-316-[8] pp, engraved title vignette (Sheldonian Theatre), Greek and Latin in parallel columns. Marginal foxing on title-page, small hole in p. 103, some pencil annotations, otherwise a very good copy. Contemporary vellum binding, with blind-tooling, slightly soiled

Curious guide to the superstitions of the late antique world, commonly attributed to the Greek neoplatonist philosopher Iamblichus (240-325). He stated that Greek philosophers like Pythagoras and Plato, first learnt their wisdom from the Egyptians. Third edition of the Greek text, with the first of Gale's Latin translation. - Hoffmann II, 388; Graesse III, 447; Wing I-26

Greek Occultisme