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1676ref. 49945Basel Genethianis 1676. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. 2 small nicks to vellum at fronthinge. Engraved title-page and printed title-page. 7033612 pp. The printed titlepage with engraved vignette. 2 full-page engravings portrait of Erasmus by Holbein and Erasmus' Memorial Stone. With 78 textengravings by Hans Holbein engraved by Casper Merian some of which are tipped in and folded some printed in the text. Lacks the 2 portraits of Holbein the Elder and Holbein the Younger. Some leaves in the middle with faint browning in lower part. 2 of the tipped-in engravings with a bit of repair. Printed on good paper. These are the most famous illustrations of The Praise of Folly.First edition of "ThePraise of Folly" with Hans Holbein's illustrations. The work is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. Its role stem from the foundation of critique which the essay laid against the practices of the Church and its political allies.Graesse II:495. - Brunet II:1037. hardcover
1575ref. 214172Florence: Apud Iuntas 1575. Half Bound. VG. 9 1/2 x 13. Adagia of Erasmus. His name for some reason does not appear on the title page. Ex-library copy with minimal stamps and labels. Greek and Latin text. 1453 pages plus Index of the Proverbs. Pages are in very good condition; very readable. Light foxing throughout especially on the edges. Half bound with brown leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decoration on the spine. Corners a little bumped and frayed. Boards and leather a little scuffed. Binding very secure. VG heavy - may require extra postage Apud Iuntas unknown
1638ref. 1608040001Witteberg impensis haeredum C. Bergeri 1638-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio. 680 pp. Modern light brown leather gilt spine 4 raised bands engraved title page additional title in red and black. Pages browned scattered spotting. First edition of Erasmus Schmidt critical concordance of the New Testament in Greek surpassing the Estienne concordance of 1594. A noted German philologist and classical scholar his knowledge of the Greek language was extensive. He express the best way to understand classical Greek was not only to merely understanding the rules of the linguistic structure but from the most intimate familiarity with the language and its context. Not in BM STC C17 Ger. or Darlow and Moule. Not in Brunet or Graesse. Greek Latin. Witteberg, impensis haeredum C. Bergeri hardcover
1838ref. 025895London: Thomas Ward & Co / Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace 1838. First Collected Edition . Full Blue Calf Gilt. Good. Stereotype Reprints Of The First Twelve Tracts Published As Pamphlets By The Society Each Newly Printed Here With 1838 Date On Title Pages For Each Tract And Catalog Of All Twelve Tracts Plus The 'New Series Of Small Tracts" On The Verso Of The Title Page Each Title Page With Price Of Two Or Three Pence. The First Tract Is Commonly Available But The Later Tracts Were Mostly Based On A Popular Theological Interpretation Of Christian Principles And Unreadable By Anyone Involved In Executive Decisions Particularly As War Had Been The Usual Basis Of Promotion And Wealth In All Socities Worldwide . Finely Bound In Polished Blue Calf Four Raised Bands Decorated In Gilt Morocco Spine Label Blind-Stamped Compartments Covers With Four Sets Of Gilt Border Rules With Ornate Gilt Embellishments At Corners Of Two Central Sets Of Rules All Edges Gilt Finely Hand-Marbled End Papers Four Wavy Gilt Lines On All Turns. Binding Worn Page Block Neatly Detached From Binding No Chips Or Tears Could Be Nicely Refurbished. Unfortunately Peace Literature Does Not Start With A Statement Of What A Government Should Hold Truly Essential And Non-Negotiable In Any Peace Negotiation Nor Discusses What Is Negotiable To The Benefit Of The Other Party; Rather Peace Literature Is Like Rules For A Playtime Tea. This Is Fitting As The Grown-Ups And The Government Just Want To Remain In Charge While Looking Good Although Actually Having No Articulable Principles Applicable To Both Parties To State Because They Know No Other Way To Achieve Popularity Or At Least Incumbency. Thomas Ward & Co / Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace unknown
1638ref. 056080Wittebergæ Wittenberg : Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ 1638. Haeredes Clementis Bergeri publisher 1638. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Folio - 14 x 11 Inches Tall. Engraved frontispiece and Internal Engravings. FIRST EDITION. WITTENBERG : 1638. Hardback. Engraved title-page including portrait of author. Printed title-page in black and red. Text printed in triple columns. Text complete. Foxed. Woodcut initials; ornaments. Text in Greek; title page and preliminaries in Latin. Contemporary full brown calf-leather. Later re-spine to match. Raised bands with decorative gilt panels. Gilt lettered label to spine. Bright tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Usual foxing. VERY GOOD INDEED. No page numbers. Signatures: 4 leaves then A-Kkk5. SCARCE. Folio; approx. 14 x 11 inches. LARGE HEAVY BOOK; some extra postage needed. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books C.H.S. Cumberland D.L.S. Everyman G. K. C. Keswick Inklings Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. SCARCE. Impensis hæredum Clementis Bergeri: Wittebergæ, 1638. [ Haeredes Clementis Bergeri [publisher] hardcover
8vo, [16], 632, [78] pp., lprinter's woodcut device on title showing a sea horse holding a mast on the top of which is perched a crane, and above the crane are the words "Discite Ivsticiam Moniti", contemporary ink signature on fly-leaf and erased early signature on title touching 2 letters, occasional ink underscoring, some light damp staining, later vellum with yapp fore-edges, upper cover slightly marked, a very good copy. Bibliographie des oeuvres d'Erasme, pp.299-300; Not listed in Bibliotheca Erasmiana Bruxellensis.
1656ref. 617675Francofurti: Sumptibus Johannis Wilhelmi Ammonii Apud Nicolaum Schumannum 1656. Full leather. 4to In slightly worn original calf. Rebacked in speckled calf contrast spine with period blind ornaments raised bands. Repaired hinges early owners' names within heavy foxing slight worming text unaffected. Otherwise in good condition. 12 776 158 pages. Francofurti: Sumptibus Johannis Wilhelmi Ammonii, Apud Nicolaum Schumannum hardcover
1709ref. 019923London: Printed and Sold by J. Woodward in Threadneedle Street 1709. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition THUS. Pp. 22 xvi viii 12 171. Full red morocco five raised bands to spine gilt bordering gilt decoration to spine. front board detached. All text block edges gilt. Internally complete all plates and illustrations present. Verso of front board ex-libris of Robert Hoe and also famous book collector Cortlandt F. Bishop. Printed and Sold by J. Woodward, in Threadneedle Street Hardcover
1575ref. 72FINE AND IMPORTANT ALDINE EDITION OF ERASMUS ADAGESErasmus Roterodamus. Adagia quaecumque ad hanc diem exierunt Paulli Manutii studio atque industria . ab omnibus mendis vindicata quae pium et veritatis Catholicae studiosum lectorem poterant offendere: sublatis etiam falsis interpretationibus & nonnullis . digressionibus. Quem laborem a sacrosanti Concilii Tridentini patribus Manutio mandatum Gregorius 13. motu proprio ita comprobauit vt omnes Adagiorum libros vna excepta editione Manutiana prohibeat atque condemnet. Cum plurimis ac locupletissimis indicibus Graecis & Latinis quorum nonnulli nusquam antheac impressi fuerunt. Florentiae apud Iuntas MDLXXV Florence Giunti for the Aldine Press 1575.2° later limp cartonnage handwritten title and library label at spine ff. 4 columns 1454 i.e.1440 ff. 36.Giunti device at title and final leaves. Woodcut headletters. Text in Latin on two columns with some passages in Greek.Aldus Manutius' dedicatory to pope Gregory XIII.Fine and important edition revised by Aldus Manutius the Younger of the renowned collection of Latin and Greek adages sayings proverbs mottos epygrams compiled by Erasmus.Paul Manutius was commissioned by the Fathers of the Council of Trent to correct the work reorder purge by false interpretations and doctrinal errors in order to make this edition the only one approved by the Church the bull of Gregory XIII as stated in the title prohibits and condemns the other editions.Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus 1466 – 1536 known as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus was a Dutch Renaissance humanist Catholic priest social critic teacher and theologian.Amongst humanists he enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists"; he has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". Using humanist techniques for working on texts he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament. These raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation.Provenance: Ownership signature Philippi Monti at title-page beside the printer device.References: Renouard 220. 14. STC Italian 236; Adams E-443. BMC 236. CNCE 18245 & 18247. Giunti for the Aldine Press paperback
1660ref. 97125ABLübek, auf Michal Volken kosten gedruckt bey säl. Schmalherzen Erben, 1660. Ca. 13,5 x 8 cm. 24 Blläter, 297 S., 18 Blätter. Ganzpergamentbd. der Zeit m. hs. Rückentitel. - Sehr gutes Ex.
1734ref. 17931Aux dépens de la Compagnie | Amsterdam 1734 | 10.50 x 17 cm | deux tomes reliés en deux volumes
ref. 9a1152Blasius Lobenstein Jena 1663. 8 Blatt/727 Seiten/8 Blatt Titel in Rot und Schwarz mit einem Kupfertitel und einem gestochenen Portraitfrontispiz original Pergament der Zeit mit einem von alter Hand geschriebenem Rückentitel etwas gebräunt/unwesentliches kleines Loch im oberen Einbanddeckel/einige alte Unterstreichungen. - Dritte Ausgabe der Hauptschrift des Jenaer Rechtswissenschaftlers Erasmus Ungebaur 1582 - 1659. "Ungepaur legte den Schwerpunkt seiner Thätigkeit in seine Wirksamkeit als Lehrer und in Handhabung der Universitätsangelegenheiten weshalb er als Fachschriftsteller minder fruchtbar war" ADB XXXIX 282. Die Herausgabe der postum erschienenen Ausgabe besorgte der Jenaer Jurist Adrian Beier 1634 - 1698. Breier verfasste "neben den üblichen Arbeiten zum gemeinen Recht zahlreiche Werke zum Handelsrecht seiner Zeit sowie technologische Bücher über Werkzeuge Werkstätten Waren der Handwerker und ein "Allemeines Handlungs- Kunst- Berg- und Lexikon" 1722. Beier galt bis zum Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts als der deutsche Handwerksjurist" NDB II 18/Angebunden: Wilhelm Ludwell: Excertiones XVIII. ad IV. libros institutionum imperialium quintum curatius editae & emendatae cum indice rerum & controversiarum. Quibus auctuarii instar accessit disputatio eiusd. Inauguralis de quinquaginta Iustiniani decsisionibus. 5 Blatt 353 Seiten 19 Blatt. Mit einer gestochenen Frontispizkupferstichtafel. Altdorf bei Nürnberg Heinrich Meyer 1663/VD 1: 013188S./Früher Druck über Justinian I. von Wilhelm Ludwell 1589 - 1663 der Jurist und Professor an de Universität Altdorf war/Desweiteren: Ludwell Wilhelm: Exercitatio-Consultissimi. 30 nicht numerierte Seiten Hagen Altdorff um 1665/sowie: Raevardi Jacobi: Legel Dudecium. editus.Hahnii. Helmstedt Heitmüller 1662. 107 Seiten/VD 17 23:235971V. J. Raevardi 1534 - 1568/Erste Ausgabe - unknown
ref. 30656Coloniæ: Martinus Gymnicus excudebat 1545. 8vo 16 632 78 pp. lprinter's woodcut device on title showing a sea horse holding a mast on the top of which is perched a crane and above the crane are the words "Discite Ivsticiam Moniti" contemporary ink signature on fly-leaf and erased early signature on title touching 2 letters occasional ink underscoring some light damp staining later vellum with yapp fore-edges upper cover slightly marked a very good copy. Bibliographie des oeuvres d'Erasme pp.299-300; Not listed in Bibliotheca Erasmiana Bruxellensis. Coloniæ: Martinus Gymnicus excudebat, 1545 hardcover
1542ref. 002002Lyon Lugdunum: Apud Seb. Gryphium Sébastien Gryphe 1542. Hardcover. Good. First Gryphius Edition with Rabirius Commentaries. Octavo 157 x 100 mm. pp. 221 2 blanks 1 terminal printer's device leaf. Signatures: a-o complete. Features Gryphe's famous woodcut device on the title page depicting a winged griffin on a plinth repeated as a large device on the final terminal leaf. Elegant humanistic italic type used throughout. Bound in full contemporary vellum with blind-stamped titles to the spine; in good condition with some natural age-toning and light bubbling to the vellum surface but structurally sound and completely unrestored. Internally there are old water stains present to many pages becoming slightly more noticeable in the latter half; however the paper remains stable and all text is perfectly legible. A highly desirable untouched survival of a 16th-century schoolbook notoriously prone to destruction by its student users. Very Rare in period vellum. This landmark Renaissance syntax textbook represents a secret collaboration of humanism. Originally drafted by William Lily St. Paul's School at the request of Dean John Colet it was heavily revised and polished by Erasmus. Out of mutual modesty both scholars initially declined sole credit though it ultimately circulated under Erasmus's name across Europe. This scarce 1543 Lyon printing is enhanced by the extensive classical commentaries of the French jurist Junien de Rabiers Junius Rabirius. Apud Seb. Gryphium (Sébastien Gryphe) hardcover
1800ref. 14595With the theory of draining morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough. By Erasmus Darwin, M.D.F.R.S. author of Zoonomia, and of the Botanic Garden.Contents.Introduction.Part the firt. Physiology of vegetation.sect.I. Individuality of the Buds of Vegetables. II. Their Absorbent Vessels. III. Their Umbilical Vessel. IV. Their Pulmonary Arteries and Veins. V. Their Aortal Arteries and Veins. VI. Their Glands and Secretion. VII. Their Organs of Reproductions. VIII. Their Muscles, Nerves, and Brain.Part the second. Economy of Vegetation.IX. The Growth of Seeds, Buds, and Bulbs. X. Manures, or the Food of Plants. XI. Of draining and Watering Lands. XII. Aeration and Pulverisation of the Soil. XIII. Of Light, Heat, Electricity. XIV. Diseases of Plants.Part the third. Agriculture and Horticulture.XV. Production of Fruits. XVI. Production of Seeds. XVII. Production of Roots and Barks. XVIII. Production of Leaves and Wood. XIX. Production of Flowers. XX. Plan for disposing a Part of the System of Linneus into more Natural Classes and Orders.Appendix. Improved Construction of the Drill Plough.Édition originale rare. London, Johnson 1800. 612 pp + index + 12 planches (dont 2 repliées). Ex-libris aux Armes de la bibliothèque de Bellotti S.Reliure pleine basane marbrée de l'époque. Dos lisse orné et doré avec pièce de titre. Roulette dorée sur les coupes. Quelques pâles rousseurs sans gravité. Petit accident à la coiffe supérieure. Exemplaire exceptionnel pour ces planches. Bon état. Format in-4° (27x22).
1607ref. 62101Ad veterum exemplarium fidem nunc recens castigata : Graecis lacuni, quibus superiores Editiones scatebant, expletis ; Ac illustrata Commentariis selectioribus, quorum Auctores citantur pagina sequenti, Accessere Loci Communes ex utroque Seneca facti ; Auctore D. Gothofredo I. C., 1 vol. fort in-folio reliure de l'époque pleine basane granitée, dos à 6 nerfs orné, P. Chevalier, Parisiis [ Paris ], 1607, 24 ff. (certains paginés), 974 pp., 23 ff. n ch., 116 pp., 6 ff. n. ch., 284 pp. [ pp. 277-284, cahier Aa interverti avec le cahier suivant "*" ], [ And. Schottus De Claris apud Senecam rhetoribus ... : ] 98 pp., 17 ff. n. ch.
ref. 23552Amsterdam Chez François l'Honoré 1781 in 12 (17x10,5) 1 volume reliure demi maroquin rouge, dos à nerfs, tête dorée, faux-titre, frontispice gravé illustré, titre imprimé en noir et rouge, 12 faux-feuillets non chiffrés et 320 pages, avec 75 gravures sur cuivre à mi-page inspirées des dessins exécutés à la plume par Holbein, et 6 planches gravées dépliantes. Traduit par Nicolas Gueudeville, avec les notes de Gérard Listre & les belles figures de Holbein, le tout sur l'original de l'Académie de Basle. Nouvelle edition revue avec soin et mise dans un meilleur ordre. Préface du traducteur, et préface d'Erasme adressée à Thomas Morus son Ami. Erasme. Reliure de la fin du XIXème siècle. Ex-dono à Monsieur Peyrot de Grenoble, daté 1896. Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus 1466-1536. Bel exemplaire, très finement relié ( Photographies sur demande / We can send pictures of this book on simple request )
1758ref. 10202AB1758 . Wien: Joh. Thomas Trattner 1758. Gr.-8°. 8 Bll. 245 S. 21 Tafeln Halb-Kunstleder mit umlaufendem Rotschnitt Bibliotheksexemplar; Stempel auf Vorsatz Vortitel und Titelblatt; Papier altersbedingt gebräunt; stockfleckig; sonst altersgemäss gut erhalten - Angebunden: Antonius Klobusiczki de Zetteny: Materia Tentaminispublici quod ex anni huius scholastici praelectionibus quovis cui libuerit periclitante . Wien: Joh. Th. Trattner 1758. 10 Blätter. unknown
1642ref. 72625London: M. Flesher & R. Young . Sumptibus Adriani Vlacq 1642. First edition of this collection of the letters of Erasmus the most complete that had been compiled to date and the first printed in England; folio 2 volumes in 1 as issued; pp. 36 2146 columns pp. 37; pp. 12 968 columns 116 columns pp. 10; both titles printed in red and black; text largely in double column; engraved frontispiece portrait of Erasmus after William Marshall woodcut initials; full contemporary calf black morocco label on spine; joints cracked cords holding; frontispiece with light spotting in the margins; a good copy and while the joints are cracked the sewing structure is quite sound. An imperfect copy lacking 3K2 and 3K5 in the first part and B1 and B6 in the second part - almost certainly binder's errors. Engraved armorial bookplate of Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex 1773-1843. "Epistolarum Philippi Melancthonis" Wing M1635A has separate dated title page pagination and register and the "Auctarium epistolarum ex Thoma Moro" caption title has separate pagination and register. Includes a Life of Erasmus and selected letters of Erasmus' correspondents the reformer Philip Melancthon Thomas More and the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives. There were four editions of Erasmus' letters published in Basel between 1521 and 1541 each larger than the previous and no other collected edition until this London edition of 1642. This edition though not always accurate by modern standards represents a remarkable achievement in English scholarship. The editors made an exhaustive search through continental libraries for original unpublished letters as well as those which had already found their way into print. A number of the letters here have since perished and this collection preserved the most authoritative text of Erasmus' letters until the definitive edition of the Epistolae appeared in Oxford in 12 volumes 1908-58. Wing E3201 and M1635A. ESTC R218212. M. Flesher & R. Young ... Sumptibus Adriani Vlacq unknown
1642ref. 72625London: M. Flesher & R. Young . Sumptibus Adriani Vlacq 1642. First edition of this collection of the letters of Erasmus the most complete that had been compiled to date and the first printed in England; folio 2 volumes in 1 as issued; pp. 36 2146 columns pp. 37; pp. 12 968 columns 116 columns pp. 10; both titles printed in red and black; text largely in double column; engraved frontispiece portrait of Erasmus after William Marshall woodcut initials; full contemporary calf black morocco label on spine; joints cracked cords holding; frontispiece with light spotting in the margins; a good copy and while the joints are cracked the sewing structure is quite sound. An imperfect copy lacking 3K2 and 3K5 in the first part and B1 and B6 in the second part - almost certainly binder's errors. Engraved armorial bookplate of Prince Augustus Frederick Duke of Sussex 1773-1843. "Epistolarum Philippi Melancthonis" Wing M1635A has separate dated title page pagination and register and the "Auctarium epistolarum ex Thoma Moro" caption title has separate pagination and register. Includes a Life of Erasmus and selected letters of Erasmus' correspondents the reformer Philip Melancthon Thomas More and the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives. There were four editions of Erasmus' letters published in Basel between 1521 and 1541 each larger than the previous and no other collected edition until this London edition of 1642. This edition though not always accurate by modern standards represents a remarkable achievement in English scholarship. The editors made an exhaustive search through continental libraries for original unpublished letters as well as those which had already found their way into print. A number of the letters here have since perished and this collection preserved the most authoritative text of Erasmus' letters until the definitive edition of the Epistolae appeared in Oxford in 12 volumes 1908-58. Wing E3201 and M1635A. ESTC R218212. M. Flesher & R. Young ... Sumptibus Adriani Vlacq unknown books
1720ref. 4459BB6 in 3 Bänden. Leyden, Pierres Vander Aa & Boudouin Jansson Vander Aa, 1720. 12°. (1) Bl., 272 S.; (4) 192 S., (1) Bl.; (1) Bl., (4) 358 S.; (4) 394 S., (1) Bl.; (1) Bl., (4) 224 S.; (4) 236 S., (1) Bl. Mit 1 gest. Frontispiz, 1 gest. Vignette sowie 55 gest. Textillustr. von Jacob Schijnvoet. Lederbde. d. Zt. auf 5 Bünden mit reicher Rücken- u. Stehkantenvergoldung (Ecken u. Kapitale restauriert, Leder etwas spröde).
1720ref. 4459BB1720. 6 in 3 Bänden. Leyden Pierres Vander Aa & Boudouin Jansson Vander Aa 1720. 12°. 1 Bl. 272 S.; 4 192 S. 1 Bl.; 1 Bl. 4 358 S.; 4 394 S. 1 Bl.; 1 Bl. 4 224 S.; 4 236 S. 1 Bl. Mit 1 gest. Frontispiz 1 gest. Vignette sowie 55 gest. Textillustr. von Jacob Schijnvoet. Lederbde. d. Zt. auf 5 Bünden mit reicher Rücken- u. Stehkantenvergoldung Ecken u. Kapitale restauriert Leder etwas spröde. Erstmals in lateinischer Sprache erschienen 1518. Beilage: Kupferstich mit Portrait von Erasmus von Rotterdam von F. Bleuswyk. - Mit 6 Namenszügen dv. 3 von alter Hand auf den Titelseiten. Verbunden: Bd. III von S. 75 bis 94. die S. 267 bis 270 von Bd. I sind in Bd. V zwischen die S. 220 u. 221 eingebunden. Durchgehend stellenweise stärker gebräunt u. vereinzelt stockfleckig. unknown
ref. elala2775Amsterdam: ‘Aux Dépens De La Compagnie’ 1734. First Edition Illustrated by Bernard Picart. The first part of the work was written by reformer Erasmus Alberus who selected for critical assessment the most ‘blasphemous’ passages from the De Conformitate Vitae Beati Francisci ad Vitam Domini Jesu of Bartolomeo degli Albizzi. It was originally published anonymously as Der barfusser Monche Eulenspiegel und Alkoran in Wittenberg in 1542 with a preface by Martin Luther. The French translation by Calvinist printer Conrad Badius who erroneously attributed the whole work to Luther was published in Geneva in 1556. In his second edition 1560 Bade acknowledged his error and added a continuation. The present edition is distinguished by twenty-two fine copper engravings by Bernard Picart. The frontispiece to Volume I is composed of satirical emblems and the second folding plate depicts the mystical tree whose leaves contain the forty points of comparison between the lives of St. Francis and Jesus Christ. These two volumes are sometimes found with another work by Nicolas Vignier entitled Légende dorée ou Sommaire De L’Histoire des frères Mendians de l’Ordre de St. Dominique et de S. François Amsterdam: 1734. Brunet I 152. Cohen-de Ricci 5-6. Graesse I 64. Lewine p. 6. Rothschild II 2024 listed with another work. 2 Volumes. 12mo. pp. 9 p.l. 396; 1 p.l. 419. titles in red & black. 22 engraved plates by Bernard Picart 1 folding; incl. 2 frontis. 19th century half vellum gilt backs vellum slightly soiled outer edge of frontis. in Vol. I chipped outside plate mark few small library markings Amsterdam: ‘Aux Dépens De La Compagnie’, 1734 hardcover
1780ref. 000010669Basileae = Basel: G. Haas ex Officina J.J. Thurneisen 1780. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 17 2-355 5 pp. Contemporary tree calf with a gold border on each board spine in six compartments with beautiful gold tooling and a red morocco label lettered in gold; all edges decoratively stained yellow. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Title page in Greek and Latin text in Latin. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Erasmus with seven full-page woodcuts and with numerous in-text woodcuts all done by Hans Holbein. With a commentary by Gerardus Listrius. A beautiful example of Erasmus' satiric essay a landmark publication in Renaissance Europe. In Praise of Folly is credited with helping to sow the future ideas of the Protestant Reformation as it parodies many superstitions of the Catholic Church. Erasmus' essay is a perfect example of dry and biting wit rich with metaphor and layered puns. Joints neatly touched up a small darkened spot on the front board. G. Haas, ex Officina J.J. Thurneisen hardcover
1646Volume in folio, legatura posteriore in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati, sguardie recenti, frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero, grande vignetta incisa con scena allegorica molto animata, grandi capilettera finemente ornati in xilografia e magnifici finalini, 6 cc., 776 pp., 79 cc.. Eccezionale insieme, il cui titolo continua con: "In qua continentur ...: Des. Erasmi Roterodami Chiliades. Hadriani Iunii medici Adagia. Ioan. Alexandri Brassicani IC. Symmicta. Ioannis Vulpii IC. Epitome. Petri Godofredi Carcassonensis IC. Prouerbia. Gulielmi Canteri IC. Adagia iuridica. Victoris Giselini medici Specimen adagiorum. Henrici Stephani Animaduersiones in Erasmum. Gilberti Cognati Nozareni Sylloge. M. Grunnii Corocottae Porcelli Testamentum. Polydori Vergilii Adagia. Caroli Bouilli Prouerbia. Hadriani Turnebi & M. Antonii Mureti Excerpta adagia. Guglielmi Gentii IC. Adagia iuridica. Melchioris Neipei Bredenani Adagia. ...". Importante e rara opera questa "summa" del sapere simbolico della cultura greca, latina, ebraica ed araba; un mastodontico lavoro di cospicuo rilievo per lo stampo umanistico della trattazione oltre che un prezioso tesoro di antichi adagi. Eccellente e di rarissima reperibilità. Una soffusa, non grave brunitura, più accentuata in poche carte. Unica menda, un antico segnalibro violaceo ha trasferito un poco di colore alla prima ed alle ultime due carte, successivamente sbiancate in prossimità della striscia (ormai appena visibile). Malgrado ciò, l'opera è in bello stato di conservazione ed ottimamente fruibile. Di indubbio valore e rarità.
