Opera Exegetica in libros Mosis, De Mundi opificio, historicos & legales. Edited by Sigismund Gelenius.

Estimate: $750–$1,000
Hammer price: $800

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author

PHILO JUDAEUS.

printer

Petrus de la Rouiere

Place

Geneva

Publication

1613

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in Latin and Greek. Engraved title-page with mythological figures represented with grotesques. Elaborate head-pieces and tail piece and decorated initials.

references

Goodenough & Goodhart, The Politics of Philo of Judaeus - with Bibliography, no. 398.

summary

Fascinating work by Philo of Alexandria, a Jewish philosopher of antiquity, in which he attempts to combine Hellenistic thought and Jewish traditions.

pp. (10), 904, (22). Occasional light dampstaining and trace marginal worming, title and final few leaves creased. Contemporary vellum, worn, upper joints cracked. Folio.

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