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IAMBLICHUS. - Iamblichi Chalcidensis, ex Syria coele De vita Pythagorae, & Protrepticae orationes ad philosophiam lib. II. Nunquam hactenus visi; nunc vero graece & latine primum editi cum necessariis castigationibus & notis, additae sunt in fine Theanus, M...
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| Schrijver: | IAMBLICHUS. |
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| Titel: | Iamblichi Chalcidensis, ex Syria coele De vita Pythagorae, & Protrepticae orationes ad philosophiam lib. II. Nunquam hactenus visi; nunc vero graece & latine primum editi cum necessariis castigationibus & notis, additae sunt in fine Theanus, M... |
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| Uitgever: | N. pl., In Bibliopolio Commeliniano, (Colophon at the end: Excudebat Aegidius Radaeus Ordinum Frisiae Typographus Franequerae, 1598), 1598. |
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| Prijs: | € 920,00 |
| Meer info | 4to. (XVI),224;176;80 (recte 78) p. Modern calf antique style 20.5 cm (Ref: STCN ppn 056031661; Not in VD17; Hoffmann 2,387/88; Ebert 10710; Caillet 5493; Brunet 3,493; Graesse 3,446; Pettegree/Walshby, Netherlandish Books, 16387) (Details: Back gilt and with 5 raised bands. Printer's mark on the title, depicting a woman, the naked truth, seated on a cubus, and holding a radiant sun in her right hand. In her left hand she holds an opened book and a palm leaf. Her feet rest on the globe; the garland of fruit which surrounds her shows a ribbon with the text in Greek: 'Alêtheia Pandamatôr' (Allmighty Truth). Woodcut initials. Text printed in 2 columns, Greek parallel to Latin. At the end have been added 52 pages with 'castigationes et notae' by Arcerius to the 'Life of Pythagoras' and the 'Protrepticae Orationes') (Condition: Boards slightly scratched, endpapers renewed. Some small old ink annotations. Paper yellowing) (Note: This is the 'editio princeps' of the first and second book of a 10 volume encyclopedia on Pythagorism written by the late antique neoplatonist philosopher Iamblichus, ca. 240 - 325 AD, i.e. the 'Biography of Pythagoras' and the 'Introduction to philosophy' (logos protreptikos epi philosophian). 4 of the 10 books survived, the rest is lost. Added are also the 'editiones principes' of 6 letters, now considered to be apocryphical Pythagorean letters, of the women philosophers Theano (3), Mya (1), Melissa (1), and also 1 of Pythagoras himself. This 'editio princeps' was produced by the Frisian scholar Johannes Arcerius, son of Theodoretus, 1538-1604. He was educated on the Schola Latina (of Saint Martin) at Groningen under Regnerus Praedinius. He became the tutor of the sons of a rich Frisian family, and made with them in 1565 an educational tour through France, and there in Besançon he stumbled in the library of the cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (p. a1 recto) 'mirabili quodam casu, seu Dei destinatione' upon a Greek manuscript of Iamblichus (p. *2 recto). He immediately saw its uniqueness and importance, and copied it with his own hand. Arcerius studied Latin and Greek and theology, and was appointed Rector of the Hieronymus Gymnasium at Utrecht in 1586. 3 years later he was promoted to a professorship on the recently founded (1585) University at Franeker, where he was asked to give Greek a boost, and to put Franeker on the map. There he had in his first year 8 students, 4 of whom moved with him from Utrecht, among who Johannes Isaacus Pontanus. All living in the house of Arcerius they formed a tight and talented community. Four of them became professor, and the others high state officials. Arcerius also gave his university its first Greek achievement, the 'editio princeps' of a biography the father of philosophy, Pythagoras, by an important Greek author, Iamblichus. (On Arcerius: 'Universiteit te Franeker, 1585-1811', Leeuwarden 1985, p. 452--457, & NNBW 4 58/59) The imprint on the titlepage of this book doesnot mention its place of publishing. In the colophon at the end we find that it was printed on the presses of the Franeker printer Aegidius Radaeus, or Gilles van de Rade. Most libraries mention as place of publishing Heidelberg, some Franeker, sometimes both places are mentioned together, sometimes none at all, or even Amsterdam. A publisher residing in Heidelberg, and a printer working in Frisian Franeker, even for those cosmopolitan days such teamwork seems far-fetched. The place of business of the famous scholarly printer Hieronymus Commelinus was of course Heidelberg, but in 1597, a year before the printing of this book (1598), Hieronymus had died. From 1587 onward he had made his Heidelberg based firm famous with the production of 140 titles of great scholars like Casaubon, Scaliger, Gruter, and Sylburg, with the good use of the manuscripts of the local 'Bibliotheca Palatina'. His wife continued the firm after his death. Hieronymus' cousin Jean Commelin (Johannes Commelinus), also a publisher and an Amsterdam patrician, was asked to help in the settling of his uncle's inheritance, and to look after the firms interests. Until 1604 a great number of scholarly works left the presses at Heidelberg. Then it was discontinued, and Hieronymus huge library was auctioned in the Netherlands in 1607/08. If Johannes Commelinus decided to transfer the project of printing this Iamblichus edition to Franeker, the place of residence of its editor, to make things easier and/or cut expenses, he made a doubtful decision. For this edition obviously did not meet the standards of the great Heidelberg firm. (For Hieronymus Commelinus see NDB 3,333; for Jean Commelin NNBW 10,199/200) We read about complaints about the quality of the text and the Latin translation, and the many errors of the printer. In his 'Benevolo candidoque Lectore' (p. a1 & a2) Arcerius keeps excusing himself for the mistakes he might have made, for, he says, he was completely destitute of help and resources. He keeps asking for understanding and consideration concerning this difficult project. Someone has to be the first and do this extremely difficult and unrewarding work, he argues. He thanks the Dutch scholar Theodorus Canterus, or Dirk Canter, for his help and for having sent him transcripts from the 'Bibliotheca Vaticana', 'ut opinor' he adds cautiously. More than a century later Ludolph Küster, the editor of a much revised, and far better edition of the Iamblichus' 'Life of Pythagoras', pronounced this very harsh judgement on Arcerius and his edition. It is, he says: 'partim injuria temporis, partim librariorum neglentia & imperitia adeo corruptum & deformatum, ut nesciam, an a renatis litteris ullus scriptorum mendis scatens in lucem unquam exierit.' (De Vita Pythagorica liber, edited by L. Küster, Amsterdam 1707, p. *4 recto). The Amsterdam branch of the family continued the 'Commelianum Bibliopolum' from 1597, the year that Hieronymus died, till 1624. (Gruys/De Wolf, Typography & Bibliopolae Neerlandici usque ad annum 1700 Thesaurus, p. 24). VD17 (Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachraum erschienenen Drucke des 17. Jahrhundert) doesnot mention this edition. It is apparantly considered a Dutch edition) (Collation: *-2*4 (leaf 2*4 verso blank), A-2E4, 22A-2Y4, a-f4, g2, h-k4, l2. STCN mentions a leaf chi1 after 2Y4. We have compared it with 4 digital copies, and found that none of them has a leaf ch1) (Photographs on request) |
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