HIEROCLES of Alexandria In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculu

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HIEROCLES of Alexandria. In aureos versus Pythagorae opusculum. Latin translation by Giovanni Aurispa. 91 (of 92) leaves; lacks final blank. Roman type. 4to, 196x147 mm, early 19th-century red morocco, spine faded, joints rubbed, small shelf label in lower inner corner of front cover; first page lightly soiled, last page toned. wide-margined copy, preserving most of the printer's hand-stamped signatures. Padua: Bartholomaeus de Valdezoccho, 17 April 1474

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first edition of a Neoplatonic commentary from the early 5th century A.D. on the so-called Golden Verses of Pythagoras, a collection of aphorisms embodying Pythagorean teachings. The original Greek text of Hierocles was first published in 1583. GW 12409; BMC VII, 906; Goff H151; Hoffmann II, 267.