Letters from an Arabian philosopher to a nobleman of Greece ; containing very curious and rare observations concerning the philosophy, physick, divinity and customs of the Eastern philosophers / Translated from an ancient Latin manuscript communicated by P. Grinau ... To which are added, the Entertainments of an Indian king with Pythagoras: and Alexander's conference with Dindimus the Brachman. Extracted out of Palladius.

  • Averroës, 1126-1198.
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1707[08]
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Letters from an Arabian philosopher to a nobleman of Greece ; containing very curious and rare observations concerning the philosophy, physick, divinity and customs of the Eastern philosophers / Translated from an ancient Latin manuscript communicated by P. Grinau ... To which are added, the Entertainments of an Indian king with Pythagoras: and Alexander's conference with Dindimus the Brachman. Extracted out of Palladius. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Upright lives of the heathen briefly noted ...

Publication/Creation

London : Printed and sold by J. Sowle ..., 1707[08]

Physical description

22 unnumbered pages, 162, 15 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; (12mo)

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Edition

The second edition.

Notes

First ed. published in 1695 under title: Averroeana
Letters are of questionable authenticity
Signatures: p1 A⁶(-A1+chi1) a⁴ B-L⁸ M²(-M2); ²A⁸ *⁶
"The upright lives of the heathen briefly noted, or, Epistles and discourses betwixt Alexander the Conqueror and Dindimus, King of the Brachmans" (p. [1]-15, 3rd group) has special t.p. (with publication date 1708) and separate signatures
"Books printed and sold by J. Sowle": p. [1]-[13] (4th group).
The Latin dedicatory letter by Grinau is followed by an English version

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ESTC N54988

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