GAFFAREL, Jacques Curiositez inouyes, sur la sculpture talismanique des Persans. Horoscope des patriarches. Et lecture des estoilles. 1637Paris ?,s.n.,8vo, cont. limp vellum (some sm. defects, book block somewhat loose), [16]-315 pp. (faint...
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350 / 500
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450 €
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waterstaining throughout, ownership entries on title removed, leaving two holes). Good copy.
Third ed. (1st 1629) of the "Unheard of Curiosities" by J. Gaffarel (1601-1681), Christian kabbalist who defended the kabbalah against attacks by Mersenne and others. The work is divided into 4 parts. Part 1 defends orientals, esp. Hebrews, from Christian charges, stating that many Jewish ideas are not alien to Christianity. Part 2 deals with Persian talismanic sculpture. In part 3 Gaffarel defends ancient Hebrew, Egyptians and Arabic astrology against the condemning views of Scaliger, and describes how the ancient Hebrews drew horoscopes. Part 4 presents Gaffarel's theory that the stars, according the Hebrews, have been arranged in the form of letters, and by knowing how to "read" the heavens, one can foretell anything that will take place in this world. This part is accompanied by 2 fold. woodcut celestial maps on which stars have been depicted in the form of Hebrew letters. Ownership entries and annotations on inside covers and title.
Third ed. (1st 1629) of the "Unheard of Curiosities" by J. Gaffarel (1601-1681), Christian kabbalist who defended the kabbalah against attacks by Mersenne and others. The work is divided into 4 parts. Part 1 defends orientals, esp. Hebrews, from Christian charges, stating that many Jewish ideas are not alien to Christianity. Part 2 deals with Persian talismanic sculpture. In part 3 Gaffarel defends ancient Hebrew, Egyptians and Arabic astrology against the condemning views of Scaliger, and describes how the ancient Hebrews drew horoscopes. Part 4 presents Gaffarel's theory that the stars, according the Hebrews, have been arranged in the form of letters, and by knowing how to "read" the heavens, one can foretell anything that will take place in this world. This part is accompanied by 2 fold. woodcut celestial maps on which stars have been depicted in the form of Hebrew letters. Ownership entries and annotations on inside covers and title.
