Quotes:Gubernatis, Angelo de

Zirkoff, Boris

Gubernatis, Count Giuseppe Angelo de. Italian Orientalist and man of letters, b. Turin, 7 April, 1840; d. Rome, Feb. 27, 1913. Educated at the Univ, of Turin; went to Berlin, 1862, to study philology; appointed in 1863 Professor of Sanskrit in the Institute degli Studi Superior!, Florence. Married cousin of the anarchist Bakunin, and resigned position owing to radical views, re-appointed, 1867. Transferred to Univ, of Rome; active as dramatist, lyric poet, journalist, critic, etc. Acquired international fame with his English work, Zoological Mythology, or the Legends of Animals, London, Trubner and Co., 1872. Founded the Italian Asiatic Society, 1886.

Other Works: La Mythologie des plantes. Paris: C. Reinwald & Co., 1878-82; Storia universale della letterature, etc. Milano: U. Hoepli, 1883-85; Fonti vediche dell’ epopea. Firenze: Fodrati, 1867; Dizionario degli artisti italiani vivendi, etc. Firenze, 1889-92. Founded and edited: Rivista orientale (1867-68); Rivista europea (1869-76); Italia letteraria (1862); Revue internationale (188387). Directed the Giornale della Societa asiatica italiana, after 1887.

The passage quoted by H. P. B. has not been verified owing to complete lack of reference as to source.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, p. 437

Gubernatis, Count G. A. de (1840-1913). *Zoological Mythology, or the Legends of Animals. London: Triibner & Co., 1872. See Vol. VI, p. 437 in the present Series for data concerning him.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 11, p. 577