PORPHYRY De abstinentia ab animalibus necandis libri quatuor

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CORNERSTONE OF VEGETARIAN LITERATURE PORPHYRY. De abstinentia ab animalibus necandis libri quatuor [and other texts]. Greek text with Latin translation, notes, and biography of Porphyry by Lucas Holstein. [2], 285, [11]; 87, [15] pages. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, later panelled calf, top of spine chipped, joints worn; contents browned. Cambridge: William Morden, 1655

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first edition printed in England of the treatise on vegetarianism by the 3rd-century Neoplatonic philosopher, first published in 1547 and generally considered the earliest book on the subject, reprinted here with his life of Pythagoras, summary of Neoplatonism, and allegorical interpretation of the 13th book of the Odyssey. Hoffmann III, 282; Wing P2978. See also lots 290 and 291.