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Hermes Trismegistus. Mercurii Trismegisti Pimandras utraque Lingua Restitutus.
Bordeaux: Simon Millanges, 1574.
Quarto, First edition of the Latin translation of the first tractate of the Corpus Hermeticum, the Poimandres, by François de Foix-Candale (1512-1594), printer's woodcut device to title; text in Greek and Latin, ornamental woodcut initials; ex libris British lawyer, judge and politician John Coleridge (1820-1894), 1st Baron Coleridge, with his signature, "J.D. Coleridge" dated 1852 on ffep, with the note, "bought at the [illegible] sale"; bound in full contemporary limp parchment, Greek inscription to title; A1 blank & present; 9 x 5 3/4 in.
François de Foix-Candale was a French bishop of noble lineage who also dabbled in chemistry and remedies. Relying on occult philosophy, including Hermetic works, he tried to make silver and came up with "Eau de Candale," a cure-all elixir. As a scholar proficient in Greek, he is also known for his 1566 Latin translation of Euclid's Elements. He augments the original work, formulating new theorems regarding regular and semi-regular polyhedra. (cf. https://www.thinking3d.ac.uk/Candale1566/)
Adams H-347.
"Poimandres is the first and most famous treatise of the Corpus Hermeticum, an influential collection of religious texts attributed to the mythical Hermes Trismegistos. As a whole, they reflect a unique Alexandrian synthesis of Egyptian, Hellenistic, Jewish and Christian doctrines and practices which for more than two thousand years have fertilised in countless ways the Mediterranean cultural world." (https://www.themathesontrust.org/library/poimandres-corpus-hermeticum-i)
