[Rarebooks] FS: "Mysterium Magnum, " one of Jacob Boehme's most important works. Amsterdam: 1678

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Boehme, Jacob. MYSTERIUM MAGNUM, Oder Erklarung Uber das Erste Buchs Mosis... Amsterdam and Frankfurt: Henrici Betkii. 1678. 8vo. (10),903,(7)pp. Complete with an added engraved title, portrait of Boehme, and 4 plates (one folding). Contemporary vellum, spine lettering faded.                                  $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A mystical exposition of the first Book of Moses, called Genesis, it is the scarce 2nd German edition of MYSTERIUM MAGNUM (the first was in 1640), one of the author's most important works. Many copies lack one or more of the 6 plates. Buddecke #165.

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