Letters from an Arabian philosopher to a nobleman of Greece ; containing very curious and rare observations concerning the philosophy, physick, divinity and customs of the Eastern philosophers
By: Translated from an ancient Latin manuscript communicated by P. Grinau ... To which are added, the Entertainments of an Indian king with Pythagoras: and Alexander's conference with Dindimus the Brachman. Extracted out of Palladius
Contributors: Pythagoras; Palladius, Bishop of Aspuna, -approximately 430; Grinau, P., active 1687
Edition: The second edition.
Publisher: Printed and sold by J. Sowle ...
Published: 1707
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
Subjects: Brahmanism; Medicine; History; Medieval Medicine
Other titles: Upright lives of the heathen briefly noted ...; Collatio Alexandri cum Dindimo.
Notes: First ed. published in 1695 under title: Averroeana.

Letters are of questionable authenticity.

Signatures: p1 A⁶(-A1+chi1) a⁴ B-L⁸ M²(-M2); ²A⁸ *⁶

"The upright lives of the heathen briefly noted, or, Epistles and discourses betwixt Alexander the Conqueror and Dindimus, King of the Brachmans" (p. [1]-15, 3rd group) has special t.p. (with publication date 1708) and separate signatures.

"Books printed and sold by J. Sowle": p. [1]-[13] (4th group).

The Latin dedicatory letter by Grinau is followed by an English version.

ESTC N54988.