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VOSSIUS, GERARDUS JOANNES. De theologia gentili et physiologia Christiana; sive, De origine ac progressu idololatriæ [with Moses Maimonides, De idololatria liber]. [18], 1647, [121]; [8], 174 pages. 2 parts in one volume. Thick 4to, 18th-century vellum with gilt crowned monogram EFVD on front cover; institutional stamp on verso of letterpress general title and elsewhere in text (released), early annotations on front endpapers, institutional release stamp on title verso. Signature of the art historian Meyer Schapiro (1904-96). Frankfurt am Main: Caspar Waechtler for Johann Nicolaus Humm, 1668
Work on the origins of pagan religion first published in 1641. The second part consists of the Hebrew text of the section on idolatry from the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides, with Latin translation and commentary by Dionysius Vossius. Alden 668/177 (for discussion of tribal customs in Brazil).
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