IAMBLICHUS:

DE MYSTERIIS AEGYPTIORUM CHALDAEORUM, ASSYRIORUM. LUGDUNI, APUD IOAN. TORNAESIUM, 1552.

      16mo. Pp. 543, (1). With woodcut printer's device on title and one woodcut on last page. Near contemporary calf, worn. Old ownership inscription on title. Some minor staining to first few leaves. Iamblichus (ca 245 - ca 330) was a Syrian philosopher and one of the most important of the so-called Neoplatonic philosophers. He was a student of Porphyry, disciple of Plotinus, the founder of Neoplatonism. The true title of this work is: "Answer of Master Abammon to a Letter sent by Porphyry to Anebon and Solution of the Difficulties which can be Found there". An early edition, translated into Latin by Marsile Ficin (1433-1499).