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Lot 506
Sale 5213 - Rare Books and Manuscripts
Apr 4, 2013
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1 vol.
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1 vol.
Dionysius, the Areopagite. Opera. Caelestis Hierarchia. Ecclesiastius Hierarchia. Divine nominaim. (Venice: Joannes Tacuinus da Trino, 21 November, 1502.) Folio, later calf, gilt-lettered spine label; scuffed and worn, loss to head of spine. With wood-cut title page, decorated initials & diagrams in text. 42 lines. 300 x 205 - sheet size; text 230 x 140mm. Contemp. marginal annotations, dampstaining heaf of pages a-diii & piii to end, a few library stamps. As issued. ff. 143.
Adams D-522; [BMC VII: 367(89); Kristeller 328.]
Dionysius the Areopagite (5th-6th century); neoplatonic philosopher very influential on Christian mysticism.