1672 ORIENTAL RELIGIONS TREATISE by JOHN SELDEN antique VELLUM BOUND

De Di(i)s Syris syntagmata II Adversaria nempe de Numinibus...
 Accedunt fere quae sunt reliqua Syrorum.
porro Arabum, Aegyptiorum, Persarum, Afrorum, europaerorum...

by Joannis Seldeni

Leipzig, Corner; 1672

 De Dis Syris Syntagmata II is an analysis of the pagan gods of the Hebrew Bible, in particular the Syrian gods.
Considered one of the most important books of orientalism to have been published in the 17th century.

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With copper frontis and 1 folded table.

18 lvs., 373 pp., 28 lvs., 338 pp., 18 lvs.

Original full vellum with manuscript tile to the spine

- Graesse VI/1, 343. DNB 1161. -

Size 4 by 6 3/4"

very good interior

Text in Latin
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John Selden (1584 – 1654) was an English jurist, a scholar of England's ancient laws and constitution and scholar of Jewish law.
He was known as a polymath; John Milton hailed Selden in 1644 as "the chief of learned men reputed in this land".
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