OCCULT. - Hermes TRISMEGITUS. The Divine Pymander… in XVII Books, translated formerly out of the Arabick into Greek, and thence into Latine, and Dutch, and now out of the Original into English by that Learned Divine, Doctor Everard. London: by Robert White, for The Brewster, and Greg. Moule, 1650. First English edition, 8vo (138 x 84mm.) Title with decorative woodcut borders, engraved initials, head and tailpieces. (Small corner loss to initial blank, lacking errata leaf, browning to rear blanks.) Contemporary calf, blind-tooled borders, later black morocco lettering piece to spine (some loss to leather at top of spine, surface wear, two worm holes to lower cover). Note: one of the great esoteric works. This English translation by Everard came from the Latin translation by Ficino and is the first rendering into English of part of the Corpus Hermeticum. Though the original dating is uncertain, the hermetic texts formed the basis of the Renaissance interest in alchemy, astrology and magic.Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.