(Vegetarian) Porphyry. Select Works of Porphyry; containing his four books on abstinence from animal food; his treatise on the Homeric cave of the nymphs; and his auxiliaries to the perception of intelligible nature. Switzerland potted herring

potted herring

This book was written with the purpose of showing that it is possible to have a healthy diet of natural foods at a low cost

All accompanied by a large introductory section on materials and basic preparations

which was published in London in 1954

(Vegetarian) Porphyry. Select Works of Porphyry; containing his four books on abstinence from animal food; his treatise on the Homeric cave of the nymphs; and his auxiliaries to the perception of intelligible nature. Switzerland potted herringxx, 271 + [2] ad pp. Translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. (8vo) 22. 8x13. 5 cm (9x5"), later three quarter cloth & marbled boards, gilt leather spine label. First Edition in English. London: Thomas Rodd, 1823. First printing in English of the foundation work on vegetarianism, being Thomas Taylor's translation of Porphyry's " On Abstinence from Animal Food," together with other texts by Porphyry. Porphyry was the primary disciple of Plotinus and