Pollux (Julius): Onomasticon, Amsterdam, ex officina Wetsteniana, 1706, 2 vols., folio, parallel text in Greek and Latin, engraved frontispiece and additional title, title printed in red and black, contemporary vellum, gilt, with the arms of Amsterdam on sides (most ties lacking, slightly soiled), school prize copy with the Rector's engraved presentation document bound in at the front of vol. I -- Porphyrius. De Abstinentia ab Esu Animalium Libri Quatuor, Utrecht, apud Abrahamum a Paddenburg, 1767, 4to, first edition, parallel text in Greek and Latin (slightly affected by damp), contemporary vellum (spine soiled). [Hoffman II, 461: the only edition of the original Greek listed by Hoffman] (2)

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Pollux (Julius): Onomasticon, Amsterdam, ex officina Wetsteniana, 1706, 2 vols., folio, parallel text in Greek and Latin, engraved frontispiece and additional title, title printed in red and black, contemporary vellum, gilt, with the arms of Amsterdam on sides (most ties lacking, slightly soiled), school prize copy with the Rector's engraved presentation document bound in at the front of vol. I -- Porphyrius. De Abstinentia ab Esu Animalium Libri Quatuor, Utrecht, apud Abrahamum a Paddenburg, 1767, 4to, first edition, parallel text in Greek and Latin (slightly affected by damp), contemporary vellum (spine soiled). [Hoffman II, 461: the only edition of the original Greek listed by Hoffman] (2)

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The Onomasticon of Julius Pollux (2nd century A.D.) was composed in the lifetime of the emperor Commodus; this is the first printing of the edition begun by Lederlin and completed by Hemsterhuis, with a comprehensive index compiled by Stephan Bergler. The 3rd century philosopher Porphyrius was the disciple of Plotinus. The present work is his treatise on vegetarianism which was influenced by Theophrastus.

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