OPERA EXEGETICA IN LIBROS MOSIS de Mundi Opificio [Explanatory Works on the Books of Moses about the Creation of the World etc.] Historicos & Legales quae partim ab Adriano Tvrnebo .. partim a Davide Hoeschelio .. edita et illustrata sunt. Accessere .. eiusdem Philonis sex opuscula .. Nunc Graece et Latine in lucem emissa ex accuratissima Sigismundi Gelenij interpretatione.
PlacePub
Geneva
Publisher
Peter Roviere Editio Princeps of the complete works.
Date
1613
Illustrations
Elaborate woodcut border of Zeus with thunderbolts + Winds + Juno + Neptune on sea horses with trident + headpieces to Reader with Diana and prisoners etc.
Description
Folio reversed calf on five raised bands old paper label with manuscript title (rather worn with spine leather nearly rubbed smooth & split to hinges but bands firmly attached to the covers/some leather lacunae). Collation: Engraved Titlepage +[7pp To Reader etc] +[2pp Contents] +[1p blank] +904pp +[24pp Index]. Text in parallel columns of Greek and Latin. Fly leaf with stamp of Bibliothek der Zeitschrift fr Aszese u[nd] Mystik. Also Domus Bonnensis & names inscribed on titlepage. In the place one would expect an imprint there is crossed out Colo[niae] Allo[brog]um the Latin name for Geneva which is written out as Geneva in the cartouche above. Brown ink splash 3 x 1cm on blank back of titlepage which has seeped through to the front, and about 6 ink spots in the book that have affected 2-3 neighboring leaves. Some foxing and some pale damp tidemarks, mostly marginal, which neither obscure the text nor affect integrity of the paper. A few other signs of use but generally clean and tight. *The author, a Hellenised Jewish philosopher, tried to combine Hellenistic thought and Jewish traditions. His work was not however popular with either as he complains in "De Somniis" [contained in this work]. Philo deals with history eg in "Flaccus" he describes Jewish life in Alexandrine Egypt and how it changed when Caligula became the Roman Emperor. Philo bases his religious doctrines on the Hebrew Bible and especially the Books of Moses, their literal & allegorical meaning etc. Symbolism was hidden in words, numbers, tenses & gender in the Bible as discussed in his "De Allegoriis Legum". This editio Princeps includes some works considered spurious.
Booknumber
V69892
Price
Price: GBP 275.00 or USD 451.00
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