1603 - Compendium of Pagan and Hermetic Wisdom
Stobaeus, hailing from Stobi in Macedonia, lived sometime around the 5th century AD. He meticulously collected quotes from Greek thinkers, creating a priceless anthology of ancient wisdom. In the 16th century, Stobaeus’ collection became especially interesting to renaissance humanists and to those seeking wisdom from the ancient world. His work is cherished within occult and esoteric traditions, as the fragments he preserved offer glimpses into the mystical philosophies and Hermetic teachings.
Stobaeus preserved excerpts from the Poimandres, as well as fragments from The Definitions of Asclepius to King Ammon. Many other excerpts from the Hermetica are to be found throughout Stobaeus. There is also material related to the Orphic and Pythagorean mystery traditions and to important works of Neo-Platonism not to mention fragments and excerpts from the Greek tragedians and various other philosophers, poets, moralists, and pragmatic thinkers.
Marcilio Ficino frequently cited Stobaeus and the translation of the Corpus Hermeticum would have been impossible without all the material preserved in this text. This volume is a Cologne edition from 1603 with a lovely floral design on the outside cover.
1603. Johannes Stobaeus: Locorum Communium Joannis Stobaei Epitome, Ex Graecis Autoribus Numero CC.L. Plerisque Non Extantibus, excerpta, (resectis prolixis & obscoenis) in gratiam studiosae iuventutis summo studio correcta & emendata. Cologne: Bernhard Walther, 1603. [6] sheet, 670 pages. 12°, decorative half-parchment volume of the period with floral colored paper covering on the covers and a medieval manuscript fragment on the spine. Corners bumped, isolated small worm marks with minimal loss of letters. With stamp and signature on the back of a monastery library that was dissolved and duly acquired by the dealer.
Stobaeus, hailing from Stobi in Macedonia, lived sometime around the 5th century AD. He meticulously collected quotes from Greek thinkers, creating a priceless anthology of ancient wisdom. In the 16th century, Stobaeus’ collection became especially interesting to renaissance humanists and to those seeking wisdom from the ancient world. His work is cherished within occult and esoteric traditions, as the fragments he preserved offer glimpses into the mystical philosophies and Hermetic teachings.
Stobaeus preserved excerpts from the Poimandres, as well as fragments from The Definitions of Asclepius to King Ammon. Many other excerpts from the Hermetica are to be found throughout Stobaeus. There is also material related to the Orphic and Pythagorean mystery traditions and to important works of Neo-Platonism not to mention fragments and excerpts from the Greek tragedians and various other philosophers, poets, moralists, and pragmatic thinkers.
Marcilio Ficino frequently cited Stobaeus and the translation of the Corpus Hermeticum would have been impossible without all the material preserved in this text. This volume is a Cologne edition from 1603 with a lovely floral design on the outside cover.
1603. Johannes Stobaeus: Locorum Communium Joannis Stobaei Epitome, Ex Graecis Autoribus Numero CC.L. Plerisque Non Extantibus, excerpta, (resectis prolixis & obscoenis) in gratiam studiosae iuventutis summo studio correcta & emendata. Cologne: Bernhard Walther, 1603. [6] sheet, 670 pages. 12°, decorative half-parchment volume of the period with floral colored paper covering on the covers and a medieval manuscript fragment on the spine. Corners bumped, isolated small worm marks with minimal loss of letters. With stamp and signature on the back of a monastery library that was dissolved and duly acquired by the dealer.
Stobaeus, hailing from Stobi in Macedonia, lived sometime around the 5th century AD. He meticulously collected quotes from Greek thinkers, creating a priceless anthology of ancient wisdom. In the 16th century, Stobaeus’ collection became especially interesting to renaissance humanists and to those seeking wisdom from the ancient world. His work is cherished within occult and esoteric traditions, as the fragments he preserved offer glimpses into the mystical philosophies and Hermetic teachings.
Stobaeus preserved excerpts from the Poimandres, as well as fragments from The Definitions of Asclepius to King Ammon. Many other excerpts from the Hermetica are to be found throughout Stobaeus. There is also material related to the Orphic and Pythagorean mystery traditions and to important works of Neo-Platonism not to mention fragments and excerpts from the Greek tragedians and various other philosophers, poets, moralists, and pragmatic thinkers.
Marcilio Ficino frequently cited Stobaeus and the translation of the Corpus Hermeticum would have been impossible without all the material preserved in this text. This volume is a Cologne edition from 1603 with a lovely floral design on the outside cover.
1603. Johannes Stobaeus: Locorum Communium Joannis Stobaei Epitome, Ex Graecis Autoribus Numero CC.L. Plerisque Non Extantibus, excerpta, (resectis prolixis & obscoenis) in gratiam studiosae iuventutis summo studio correcta & emendata. Cologne: Bernhard Walther, 1603. [6] sheet, 670 pages. 12°, decorative half-parchment volume of the period with floral colored paper covering on the covers and a medieval manuscript fragment on the spine. Corners bumped, isolated small worm marks with minimal loss of letters. With stamp and signature on the back of a monastery library that was dissolved and duly acquired by the dealer.