Product Description
| Author(s)+Works(1) | Hermes Trismegistus, De sapientia et potestate dei, De voluntate divina | (4),Hermis Trismegistos |
| Exact Title | Contenta in hoc volumine. Pimander. Mercurij Trismegisti liber de de [sic] sapientia et potestate dei. Asclepius. Eiusdem Mercurij liber De voluntate divina. Item Crater Hermetis a Lazarelo Septempedano | |
| Editors, Translators, Commentators | Jacques Lefèvre d’Etaples (ed.) | |
| Printer | Henricus Stephanus | Henri Estienne |
| Place | Paris | |
| Year | 1505 | |
| Size | 205 x 140 mm | |
| Leaves, Volumes | 82 lvs (sic 81 lvs) | |
| Woodcuts-Engravings | ||
| Binding | 19th cent. cardboard | |
| Provenace(s) | – | |
| Language(s) | Latin | |
| Edition | 1st ed. of Pimander edited by Jacques Lefèvre d’Etaples | |
| Other Editions | ||
| Add. Contents(1) | With the comment of Marsilio Ficino | |
| Condition | Light foxing, small loss on the outer margin of fol. 5, otherwise fair copy | |
| Bibliography-(gr) | ||
| Bibliography | Caillet II, 5091; Lamoen, 25; Renouard, Est. 3, nr. 3 | |
| Rarity(2) | Of great rarity, only 1 other copy appeared in major auctions in 15 years | 10 |
| Est. Price (€)(3) | For sale | 2500 |
(1): For analytic description of the contents click the tab ‘Details’.
(2): Average years between appearances in auctions (of complete specimens).
(3): Price estimates refer to the particular copy, are based on latest information and are updated regularly.
(4): This column contains alternative spelling of the appearing names.
General Remarks
It is a collection of important works about Byzantine empire, Turkey and the islamic world. The Byzantine history compilation of Hieronymus Wolf served as a foundation for all later medieval Greek histories and especially for the monumental Corpus Historiae Byzantinae in 34 volumes, ordered by King Louis XIV of France, with paralleled Greek text and Latin translation. This edition popularized the term Byzantine Empire (never used by that Empire itself during the centuries of its existence) and established it in historical studies.
Greek Connection
Hermes Trismegistus is
Hermes Trismegistus
Henri Estienne the elder (printer)
Henri Estienne (Henricus Stephanus) the elder (1470-1520) was a famous humanist printer and bookseller and initiated the splendid printing history of six generations of the Estiennes in the 16th cent. He first set up his press in Paris in 1505, against his father’s wishes.In this first year he printed Hermes Trismegistus among others. He was friend with some of the most learned men of the day, Guillaume Budé, Guillaume Briçonnet, Jacobus Faber Stapulensis and had Beatus Rhenanus among his proof-readers.
Henri was careful not to issue books containing printing errors. If errors were discovered too late he issued errata sheets, a practice unknown to his contemporaries.
The following table shows the family members who were printers. In parenthesis is the period of active printing.
The Estienne family tree of printers
Henri (the elder) (1505-1520)
François Robert (1526-1559?) Charles (1551-1561)
Henri (1554-1598?) – Robert jr. (1556-1569?) – François (1562-1582)
Paul
Joseph – Antoine
Henri
Works Contained
Editor: Jacques Lefèvre d’Etaples
| Author | Works | Translator | Commentator |
| Hermes Trismegistus(1) Lazarelli Ludivico |
Pimander |
Marsilio Ficino | Marsilio Ficino |
| Asclepius | |||
| Crater Hermetis |
(1): Attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, but may have been written between 1000 BC and 200 AD?.
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