1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910968556203321

Autore

González de Mendoza Juan <1545-1618.>

Titolo

The history of the great and mighty kingdom of China and the situation thereof / / compiled by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza and now reprinted from the early translation of R. Parke ; edited by Sir George T. Staunton, bart., with an introduction by R.H. Major

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : Hakluyt Society, 2010

ISBN

1-282-89247-9

9786612892479

1-4094-1520-1

Descrizione fisica

350 p

Collana

History of the great and mighty kingdom of China and the situation thereof ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

951/.026

Soggetti

China Description and travel Early works to 1800

China History Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1854.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962820803321

Autore

Lehrich Christopher I

Titolo

The language of demons and angels : Cornelius Agrippa's occult philosophy / / by Christopher I. Lehrich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46518-2

9786610465187

1-4237-1236-6

90-474-0336-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 119

Disciplina

130/.92

Soggetti

Occultism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION / Christopher Marlowe -- CHAPTER TWO: LOGOS AND NATURE / Victor Frankenstein -- CHAPTER THREE: SIGN, SIGIL, TEXT / Robert Southey -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE LANGUAGE OF DEMONS AND ANGELS / Jorge Luis Borges -- CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION / Cornelius Agrippa -- APPENDIX ONE: LATIN QUOTATIONS, DE OCCULTA PHILOSOPHIA -- APPENDIX TWO: DE VANITATE ON ALCHEMY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a modern study of Agrippa's occult philosophy as a coherent part of his intellectual work. It challenges traditional interpretations of Agrippa as an intellectual dilettante, and uses modern theory and philosophy o elucidate the intricacies of his thought.