1682 – Life of Jakob Bohme | Early Mystical Theology & Theosophy

Jakob Böhme was an early 17th-century German philosopher known for his theology which was a fusion of Lutheran traditions and mysticism. His most famous works, De Signatura Rerum and Mysterium Magnum, proved to be some of the most influential works of theosophy and Protestant mysteries.

This volume from the 1682 first collected edition of the works of Bohme includes a ‘life of Bohme’ and complete indices referencing biblical passages and key texts from Aurora, De Signatura Rerum, and Mysterium Magnum.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Des Gottseligen Hoch-Erleuchteten Jacob Böhmens Teutonici Philosophi Alle Theosophischen Wercken
• Author(s): Jakob Böhme
• Contributor(s): Johann Georg Gichtel, Hans Steiner (editors)
• Publisher: Amsterdam
• Edition: 1682. First edition of complete works of Bohme
• Binding: Full leather with marbled endpapers
• Format: (16mo), single volume
• Size:  6 in x 4 in (15 cm x 10 cm)
• Collation: unpaged
• Illustrations: 3 engravings including portrait frontispiece
• Contents Include:
  • Collected theosophical writings
  • Life of Jakob Böhme
  • Index of biblical references
  • Index to Aurora, De Signatura Rerum, and Mysterium Magnum
• Provenance: bookplate – Institutio theologica andover, fundata 1807.

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather binding remains tight and secure with light rubbing to leather and corners. Marbled endpapers retained. Pages generally clean with some staining and age toning at the end pages.

Why Collect This?

• 17th-century Amsterdam edition of Böhme’s works
• References to mystical texts and a life of Bohme

Item Number: #50339