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SELDEN, J. De dis Syris syntagmata II. Adversaria nempe de numinibus commentitiis in Veter Instrumento memoratis. Accedunt quae sunt reliqua Syrorum. Prisca porro Arabum, Aegyptiorum, Persarum, Afrorum, Europaeorum item theologia, subinde illustratur. Lond., W. Stansby, 1617. (34), lxix, (9), 280, (8) pp. Cont. limp vellum w. overl. sides. (Libr. ticket on spine, name entry on ti., small tear in one leaf, a bit browned/foxed).
Rare first edition. John Selden (1584-1654), the "most learned person in England" in the seventeenth century, was a lawyer, an antiquarian, a member of Parliament, and the greatest expert of his day on British legal matters. De Dis Syris Syntagmata II is an analysis of the Pagan gods of the Hebrew bible, particularly the Syrian Gods. Considered to be one of the most important books of orientalism to have been published during the 17th century. - Brunet V, 267.€ 200
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