Cabalistarum selectiora

(Cabbala. Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni.) ARCANGELO DA BORGONUOVO.

Cabalistarum selectiora

obscurioraque dogmata, a Ioanne Pico ex eorum commentationibus pridem excerpta, et ab Archangelo Burgonouensi minoritano, nunc primùm luculentissimis interpretationibus illustrata.... Cum amplissimo indice rerum omnium insigniorum.

Description: FIRST EDITION, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, a bit of damp-staining and a few spots, tear at foot of Q7 repaired, entering text but without loss, ff. [xxviii], 219, [1, blank], small 8vo, contemporary limp vellum, traces of ties, another, short, work removed at end, lower cover repaired, early (and untidy) ownership inscription on title, title in ink on upper cover, that on the spine obscured

Publication Details: Venice: Francesco de Franceschi, 1569

Notes: First edition of this commentary on the cabbalistic theses of Pico della Mirandola. Arcangelo da Borgonuovo, a Franciscan, died at a ripe old age just before this book was published. He had spent most of his life defending Cabbalist doctrines, and Pico della Mirandola in particular. They shared the same Hebrew teacher in Flavio Mitridate.A very rare book: no copy in the USA in WorldCat.

Bibliography: (Adams P-1135; Bibliotheca Esoterica 3658; CNCE 2310)

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Price: £4,750

Subject: Theology

Published Date: 1569

Stock Number: 61257

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