About this nonfiction
Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism (Complete single-volume) by Wouter J. Hanegraaff & Antoine Faivre & Roelof van den Broek & Jean-Pierre Brach is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2006. Hardback, xxix + 1228 pages. ISBN 9004152318 Since other reviewers, in pointing out what a superb reference work this book is, have done a good job of describing its contents, I will confine myself here mainly to a few remarks about its physical format and layout. The book is beautifully printed in double columns and in a somewhat tiny font on quality paper. It is stitched (or Smyth-sewn) in signatures in the traditional way so that when opened flat the spine will not crack and the pages will not fall out. And it is bound in decorative blue paper-covered boards (although cloth would have been preferable as I get the feeling that the paper will rub and wear quickly). The front cover features an interesting copperplate illustration taken from a book by Jacob Bohme (1682). Sadly this is the only illustration present and I feel that the book, since it's really more of an 'Encyclopedia' than a 'Dictionary', would have been even more interesting than it already is if room could have been found for photographs of at least some of the more important persons, places, and items discuss
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- Author
- Wouter J. Hanegraaff & Antoine Faivre & Roelof van den Broek & Jean-Pierre Brach
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Pub
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780344577
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Computer Science, Psychology