PHILOSTRATUS De la vie d'Apollonius Thyaneen en VIII. livres. De la traduction de B. de Vigenere, Bourbonnois. Reveuë & exactement corrigée sur l'original grec par Fed. Morel, lecteur & interprete du Roy (...). 1611Paris,A. l'Angelier,2 vol., sm....
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120 / 170
Adjudication :
180 €
Description
4to, later half calf, marb. paper on covers, gilt ruled spines (sm. def.), gilt red and green leather title labels, [48]-904, 759-[40-1 bl.] pp. (some spotting, burning hole in p. 381).
French trsl. by de Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596) of Philostratus' (170-245) biography on Apollonius of Tyana, a philosophizing mystic of the 1st c. With plenty of mystical and orientalizing tendencies to counter Christian propaganda. Engr. ill. on title depicting the portrait of Apollonius. Title in red & black. Bookpl. Philippe van Heurck.
French trsl. by de Blaise de Vigenère (1523-1596) of Philostratus' (170-245) biography on Apollonius of Tyana, a philosophizing mystic of the 1st c. With plenty of mystical and orientalizing tendencies to counter Christian propaganda. Engr. ill. on title depicting the portrait of Apollonius. Title in red & black. Bookpl. Philippe van Heurck.
