BOEHME JACOB The Third Booke of the Authour; being The High

Sale 2176 - Lot 21

Price Realized: $ 1,080

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

BÖHME, JACOB. The Third Booke of the Authour; being, The High and Deepe Searching Out of the Threefold Life of Man through [or according to] the Three Principles. [4], 288, [40] pages. 4to, old vellum boards, rebacked with vellum with morocco lettering pieces; contents generally quite clean, with only occasional insignificant spotting. London: M. S. for H. Blunden, 1650

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

first edition, translated from Böhme''s Hohe und tieffe Gründe von dem dreyfachen Leben des Menschen, the German original text of which was first published in 1660. "Here is found Böhme''s androgynous concept of the human being as comprising male and female elements, as shown by Eve''s creation from Adam''s rib. The sexes were separated by Original Sin, but the coming of Christ and the redemption of sin through his Crucifixion made possible their reunification. All people desire to return to the original undivided state of being, which explains the sexual attraction between men and women . . . At the resurrection sexual differences will disappear" (DLB). Dünnhaupt, Böhme 24 note; Wing B3422.