RÉVILLE, Albert.

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Apollonius of Tyana. First edition in English, based on an essay published by the author in French a year prior. Réville details the life, legends and philosophical teachings of the first-century Greek sage Apollonius of Tyana, focusing particularly on how his story was used as a pagan rival to Jesus Christ.This copy comes from the library of the American physician Elmira Y. Howard (1841-1921), with her signature on the title page. The secretary of the Cincinnati Theosophical Society, Howard was popularly known as the first woman to open a medical practice in the Midwest.

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