1725 1st Edition With Provenance
LUCIANI
Uel Auctoris Potius Incerti De Syria Dea Et Theophrasti de Superstitione Libelli Utilissimi
By Lucian
Author Bio: Lucian of Samosata (c.125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. Although his native language was probably Syriac, all of his extant works are written entirely in ancient Greek (mostly in the Attic Greek dialect popular during the Second Sophistic period).
Provenance: Sir James Risdon Bennett (29 September 1809 – 24 December 1891) was an English physician, he had success as a consultant, especially in connection with chest diseases, an early adopter of the stethoscope. In 1876 he was elected President of the Royal College of Physicians, the first non Oxford or Cambridge graduate since its inception, and held the post for 5 years. He was knighted in 1881. He then moved to Cavendish Square, where he died on 14 December 1891. He was the Lumleian Lecturer in 1870 on "Cancer and Cancerous Growths."
Synopsis: 1725 LUCIANI, VEL AUCTORIS POTIU INCERTI DE SYRIA DEA ET THEOPHRASTI DE SUPERSTITIONE LIBELLI UTILISSIIM USUS AUDITORUM SEPERATIM EDITI HELSTADII
(Google translate = Lucian, or the author of the most useful pamphlet on the superstition of the Syrian goddess and Theophrastus published separately for the use of the audience of Helmstad)
Language = Greek and hebrew
The Syrian Goddess a Greek treatise of the second century AD which describes religious cults practiced at the temple of Hierapolis Bambyce, now Manbij, in Syria. The work is written in a Herodotean-style of Ionic Greek, and has been traditionally ascribed to the Greek essayist Lucian of Samosata.
"Lucian recounts his personal observations of the worship of the Goddess Atargatis (a form of Isthar or Astarte) at the temple of Hierapolis, in what is today Turkey. Lucian writes in the style of Herodotus, and, remarkably, in Herodotus' dialect of Greek, which at that time was over five hundred years old. Lucian describes huge phalliform idols, cross-dressing priests who castrated themselves, ritual prostitution of female worshippers, and occasional infant human sacrifice."
There is an inscription on the FEP Sir James Risdon Bennett.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: Latin
Published By: Pauli Dieter, Helmstedt, Germany
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Rubbing to boards and the front board is present but detached. Water stains, text is readable.
Collation:
pp. 70
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SKU: BTETM0001950
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1725 1st Edition With Provenance
LUCIANI
Uel Auctoris Potius Incerti De Syria Dea Et Theophrasti de Superstitione Libelli Utilissimi
By Lucian
Author Bio: Lucian of Samosata (c.125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal. Although his native language was probably Syriac, all of his extant works are written entirely in ancient Greek (mostly in the Attic Greek dialect popular during the Second Sophistic period).
Provenance: Sir James Risdon Bennett (29 September 1809 – 24 December 1891) was an English physician, he had success as a consultant, especially in connection with chest diseases, an early adopter of the stethoscope. In 1876 he was elected President of the Royal College of Physicians, the first non Oxford or Cambridge graduate since its inception, and held the post for 5 years. He was knighted in 1881. He then moved to Cavendish Square, where he died on 14 December 1891. He was the Lumleian Lecturer in 1870 on "Cancer and Cancerous Growths."
Synopsis: 1725 LUCIANI, VEL AUCTORIS POTIU INCERTI DE SYRIA DEA ET THEOPHRASTI DE SUPERSTITIONE LIBELLI UTILISSIIM USUS AUDITORUM SEPERATIM EDITI HELSTADII
(Google translate = Lucian, or the author of the most useful pamphlet on the superstition of the Syrian goddess and Theophrastus published separately for the use of the audience of Helmstad)
Language = Greek and hebrew
The Syrian Goddess a Greek treatise of the second century AD which describes religious cults practiced at the temple of Hierapolis Bambyce, now Manbij, in Syria. The work is written in a Herodotean-style of Ionic Greek, and has been traditionally ascribed to the Greek essayist Lucian of Samosata.
"Lucian recounts his personal observations of the worship of the Goddess Atargatis (a form of Isthar or Astarte) at the temple of Hierapolis, in what is today Turkey. Lucian writes in the style of Herodotus, and, remarkably, in Herodotus' dialect of Greek, which at that time was over five hundred years old. Lucian describes huge phalliform idols, cross-dressing priests who castrated themselves, ritual prostitution of female worshippers, and occasional infant human sacrifice."
There is an inscription on the FEP Sir James Risdon Bennett.
Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Language: Latin
Published By: Pauli Dieter, Helmstedt, Germany
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Good - Rubbing to boards and the front board is present but detached. Water stains, text is readable.
Collation:
pp. 70
Please see Photos as part of condition report.
SKU: BTETM0001950
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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