(EVERARD, J., Translator), Introduction & Preliminary Essay by Hargrave Jennings [ Hermes Trismegistus ] .

The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus. Translated from the Arabic by Dr. Everard. [1650.] With introduction and Preliminary Essay by H. Jennings.

London: George Redway, 1884. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Small quarto. (8 7/8 x 7 inches). (8) + (xvi) + 112pp (+ ivpp "Correction" and Adverts). Original white parchment with red rules and design to front board, black titling to spine. Printed on thick, quality, mould made paper. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Second rubricated title-page. A handsome edition, by the renowned occult book publisher George Redway. It is a reset version of John Everard's historically important 1650 translation into English of the texts of the "Corpus Hermeticum," which he entitled "The Divine Pymander in XVII Books." Everard's translation was taken from Ficino's Latin version, and was long the standard edition in English of the work. Very scarce. The parchment boards are notoriously fragile, and few copies seem to have survived intact. Boards a little splayed and rubbed at edges, corners bruised, a few scratches to front board, small rubbed patch to paper at base of spine which has been reinforced with an inch of clear tape. Normal light wear commensurate with age. Aside from the rub and repair to the spine this would rate as a VG+ copy, and very unusual thus. Item #62225

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