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Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique dans lequel on trouve les allégories fabuleuses des počtes, les métaphores, les énigmes et les termes barbares des philosophes hermétiques expliqués.
Paris, Delalain, 1787. - (17 x 10 cm). XXIV, 546 (2) S. Lederband der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung.
Zweite Ausgabe des wichtigen Werkes. - "In (his work 'Les Fables égyptiennes et grecques devoilées') he tries to prove that the whole ancient mythology is merely a long sustained allegory of the preparation of the philosopher's stone. The 'Dictionnaire' is permeated by the same idea, but in addition it professes to give explanations of all the curious words used by Paracelsus and other writers, and what is perhaps still more useful to the readers of Hermetic books, the explanation of the synonyms and common words used in a peculiar way found in these books" (Ferguson). - Einband minimal berieben, sonst schönes, gut erhaltenes und nahezu fleckenfreies Exemplar. - Ferguson II, 181 (Anm.); Caillet 8525; Ferchl 404; Wellcome IV, 338; vgl. Duveen 466; Neu 3126; Neville II, 293 (alle die Ausg. 1758)
Dictionnaire mytho-hermétique dans lequel on trouve les allégories fabuleuses des počtes, les métaphores, les énigmes et les termes barbares des philosophes hermétiques expliqués.
Paris, Delalain, 1787. - (17 x 10 cm). XXIV, 546 (2) S. Lederband der Zeit mit reicher Rückenvergoldung.
Zweite Ausgabe des wichtigen Werkes. - "In (his work 'Les Fables égyptiennes et grecques devoilées') he tries to prove that the whole ancient mythology is merely a long sustained allegory of the preparation of the philosopher's stone. The 'Dictionnaire' is permeated by the same idea, but in addition it professes to give explanations of all the curious words used by Paracelsus and other writers, and what is perhaps still more useful to the readers of Hermetic books, the explanation of the synonyms and common words used in a peculiar way found in these books" (Ferguson). - Einband minimal berieben, sonst schönes, gut erhaltenes und nahezu fleckenfreies Exemplar. - Ferguson II, 181 (Anm.); Caillet 8525; Ferchl 404; Wellcome IV, 338; vgl. Duveen 466; Neu 3126; Neville II, 293 (alle die Ausg. 1758)
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