(PYTHAGORAS) IAMBLICHUS
[Life of Pythagoras; Iamblichus of Chalcis on the Life of Pythagoras. Iamblichus on the Pythagorean life...]
Apud Viduam Sebastiani Petzoldi, & filium ejus Christianum Petzoldum|Amstelodami [Amsterdam] 1707|16.5 x 21.3 cm|Relié
First edition of the bilingual Greek-Latin text of Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras by Ludolf Küster from the manuscript held at the Laurentian Library. The facing Latin translation is the work of Frédéric Ulrich Obrecht and Konrad Rittershausen. Bound at the end is Porphyry’s Life of Pythagoras.
Illustrated with a large frontispiece portrait of Pythagoras, based on a coin from the collection of Fulvio Orsini.
Contemporary Dutch gilt-panelled vellum boards, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt ornaments with the arms of the city of Amsterdam, large gilt arms of the city of Amsterdam
€1,500