John E.B. Mayor's copy.- Dionysius Areopagita. Opera omnia, edited by George Pachymeres, Balthasar Cordier, and others, 3 parts in 2 vol., half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, general title printed in red and black, titles with engraved ornament with putti, occasional spotting, 19th century purple sheep, gilt spine in compartments, vol.1 lower joint split, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Ebert 6217, 'Beste Ausgabe'], folio, Venice, Antonio Zatta, 1755-1756.

⁂ Dionysius the Areopagite was a first-century judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, and a convert to Christianity. This set with an attractive provenance.

Provenance: John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, FBA (1825-1910), Cambridge classical scholar and vegetarianism activist (ink inscription to front free endpaper of both vol.).