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Cambridge: University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. xv, 357 pp. Critcal apparatus, addenda, indexes. Text in Avestan, with translation and all else in English. Dark green hard cover with gilt is bright and clean. The interior appears to be a high quality reprint/copy made from a library copy in the Middle East. Print is clear and easy to read. Library mark on title page, occasional light marginalia throughout. The Avestan Hymn to Mithra, written in the fifth century BC, is the one extensive, ancient literary record of the attributes, companions and cult of the Iranian god whose worship spread, five or six centuries later, as far as Britain. Dr Gershevitch here reproduces Geldner's text and critical apparatus of the Hymn, adding his own introduction, translation and commentary. The introduction offers an orientation on the main problems concerning Mithra: how the god came to be included in the Zoroastrian religious system, his relation to… Read More

Fintry Brook Near Godalming, Surrey: The Shrine of Wisdom. Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. Fourth Edition; Third Printing. Hardcover. 53 pp. Small octavo. Pale blue paper dust jacket with black, sunned at the edges and spine, bit crispy at top edge, flaps intact. Book has date written in ink at the gutter of the inside front cover, occasional tick marks in the margins throughout, most in pencil but a few in black ink -- neatly done but still there. Otherwise a very nice copy. "The high esteem in which the Trismegistic writings were held, both by philosophers and the early Church fathers, is strong evidence of their authenticity. They contain, expressed in the language of Greek philosophy, the Egyptian Wisdom, which is in one sense the foundation upon which Greek thought, from Plato onwards, is built. .. In the words of Cornelius Agrippa, "The Pymander is a book most choice for the elegance of its language, most weighty for the abundance of its information, full of grace and… Read More

Leiden: E.J. Brill. Good with no dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 9004092315 . Xviii, 410pp. References, index. Book has brown cloth hardcover with gold text on front cover and spine. Slight marks on covers remains of library stickers, slight bumping to head and tail, corners are slightly bent. Ex-library with bookplate, stamps, marginalia, underlining, pocket on back pastedown, otherwise text is clear and unmarked. ; Studies in the History of Religions; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages .

Cambrdige: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2012. Softcover. 1108054331 . xlviii186 pp. Index, erratum. In English. Glossy cream and red card covers are clean, just a bit of shelf wear, interiors are clean and nice. Good copy. Published between 1880 and 1897 as part of Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East series, this five-volume translation of Pahlavi texts (of which this is Vol. 5 only) was the work of Edward William West (1824–1905). Largely self-taught, West developed his knowledge of ancient oriental languages in India, where he worked as a civil engineer. After returning to Europe, West focused on the study of sacred Zoroastrian texts and prepared these translations of Pahlavi manuscripts. His writings and editions are still referenced today in Indo-Iranian studies. Volume 5 contains translations of the Dînkard (books 7 and 5) and Selections of Zâd-sparam. Some parts of these texts are prophetic, and West's introductory analysis… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2012. Softcover. 1108054293 . lxxiv, 438 pp. Errata, index. In English. Glossy cream and red card covers are clean, bit of shelf wear, interior clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Published between 1880 and 1897 as part of Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East series, this five-volume translation of Pahlavi texts (of which this is Vol. I only) was the work of Edward William West (1824–1905). Largely self-taught, West developed his knowledge of ancient oriental languages in India, where he worked as a civil engineer. After returning to Europe, West focused on the study of sacred Zoroastrian texts and prepared these translations of Pahlavi manuscripts, cementing his reputation for pioneering scholarship. His writings and editions are still referenced today in Indo-Iranian studies. Volume 1 includes the Bundahis (Zoroastrian traditions about the creation of the world), the Bahman Yast (a prophetic text detailing… Read More