1577 - Hermetic & Magic Reader - Featured in Episode of ESOTERICA!
An amazing collection of ancient Hermetic, Magical and Occult texts bound together for the aspiring Renaissance magus including:
1) 'On the mysteries of the Aegyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians' by Iamblichus (250-325 CE) (Iamblichus de mysteriis Aegyptiorum. Chaldærum. Assyriorum);
2) 'Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades – on the soul and daimones' by Proclus (412-84 CE) (Proclus in alcibiadem de anima atque dæmone);
3) 'On sacrifice and magic' by the same author (Proclus de sacrificio et magia);
4) 'On deities and daimons' by Porphyrius (c 234-c. 304 CE) (Porphyrius de diuinis atque dæmonibus);
5) 'On daimons' by Michael Psellus (1018-78 CE) (Psellus de dæmonibus);
6) 'Corpus Hermeticum, Asclepius' by Hermes Trismegistus (early c's CE) (Mercurii Trismegisti Pimander. Eiusdem Asclepius)
This exact volume was also featured in this episode of ESOTERICA - https://youtu.be/cN1SYiK89sI
De mysteriis Aegyptiorum, Chaldaeorum, Assyriorum. Proclus in Platonicum Alcibiadem de Anima, atque Daemone. Idem de Sacrificio & magia. Porphyrius de diuinis atque daemonib. Psellus de Daemonibus. Mercurii Trismegisti Pimander. Ejusdem Asclepius.[Treatise on Egyptians, the Soul in Alcibiades, of Plato, Proclus, the demon, sacrifice and magic; Porphyry concerning divine things, Psellus, demons, Trismegisti Pimander, Asclepius.] Original 1577 Edition.
Yamblico (Iamblichus De Calcis); Hermes Trismegistus; Jean de Tournes (Lyon Publisher); Pomponio Porfirio; Sempronio Próculo; Michael Psellus; Marsilio Ficino.
Sm. 8vo., 543 pp. (Small 8vo), 12x7 cm. (4 x3), original limp vellum lettered in ink. Treatises on celebrated philosophers and mystics of antiquity. Famous collection of treatises by the eminent Magi of the past who greatly inspired Renaissance magic: Iamblichus, Proclus, Porphyry, Psellus, the Pimander of Hermes Trismegistus, all translated by Marsiglio Ficino and the Asclepius in the translation of Apuleius. Cartier, de Tournes 582. Famous collection of treatises of the eminent magi of the past that greatly inspired the magic of the Renaissance: Iamblichus, Proclus, Porphyry, Psellus, the Pimander of Hermes Trismegistus, all translated by Marsiglio Ficino and Asclepius in the translation of Apuleius. The First Printing was 1497 by the Aldine Press. Jean De Tournes published earlier editions in Lyon in the 1550s. hinges cracked, front pastedown torn though revealing interesting binder's waste; very good.