The life of Pythagoras, with his Symbols and Golden verses. Together with the life of Hierocles, and his commentaries upon the verses / Collected out of the choicest manuscripts, and translated into French, with annotations. By M. Dacier. Now done into English. The Golden verses translated from the Greek by N. Rowe, esq.
- André Dacier
- Date:
- 1707
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The life of Pythagoras, with his Symbols and Golden verses. Together with the life of Hierocles, and his commentaries upon the verses / Collected out of the choicest manuscripts, and translated into French, with annotations. By M. Dacier. Now done into English. The Golden verses translated from the Greek by N. Rowe, esq. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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