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1795ref. 1262351795. London: Johnson 1795-94. 2 vols. in one 4to xx 218 124 2 directions to binder and advertisement; 2 viii 200 2 directions to the binder lacking the errata and ads pp. With a frontispiece to each volume ten plates in vol. I and 8 in vol. II. Early half calf marbled boards newly rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered label. A very good copy if a little aged -- early manuscript note loosely inserted about the Portland Vase copied from the Morning Chronicle c. 1796. § Best edition. 6 plates are engraved by Blake the best known being Fertilization of Egypt and Tornado both after Fuseli. The third edition of part one is the only edition to include the striking Tornado plate. At page 87 appears the enigmatic circular image of an African man in chains titled "Am I not a man and a brother." Bentley 450B and C. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXI. The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London. It was notable for having been the first steady employer of essayist William Hazlitt as a political reporter and the first steady employer of Charles Dickens as a journalist. unknown
1795ref. 1262351795. London: Johnson 1795-94. 2 vols. in one 4to xx 218 124 2 directions to binder and advertisement; 2 viii 200 2 directions to the binder lacking the errata and ads pp. With a frontispiece to each volume ten plates in vol. I and 8 in vol. II. Early half calf marbled boards newly rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered label. A very good copy if a little aged -- early manuscript note loosely inserted about the Portland Vase copied from the Morning Chronicle c. 1796. § Best edition. 6 plates are engraved by Blake the best known being Fertilization of Egypt and Tornado both after Fuseli. The third edition of part one is the only edition to include the striking Tornado plate. At page 87 appears the enigmatic circular image of an African man in chains titled "Am I not a man and a brother." Bentley 450B and C. Essick William Blake's Commercial Book Illustrations XXI. The Morning Chronicle was a newspaper founded in 1769 in London. It was notable for having been the first steady employer of essayist William Hazlitt as a political reporter and the first steady employer of Charles Dickens as a journalist. unknown books
1547ref. 49141Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius 1547. Hardcover. Very Good-. 16mo in 8s: a-z8 A-Z8 aa8 bb8 =384 leaves; blank bb7-8. 763 5 blankpp. Printer's device at title woodcut lettrines. Text in italic headlines and chapter headings in roman; printed marginalia. Later pigskin over bevelled boards tooled in blind brass clasps one of two and catches manuscript title at spine. Extensive old manuscript notes at front endleaf and four blank leaves at the end including the two integral blanks; occasional marginalia and underlining. Title soiled with some slight erosion at margin from oxidation of the clasps else a very good copy with clean fresh text throughout. Complete with the two final blank leaves. Second Gryphius edition and a rather uncommon early sixteenth-century printing of Erasmus' Latin translation of the New Testament first published at Basel in 1516. According to Baudrier Ly. V. 804101/Cat. de Lignerolles Paris Porquet 1894 no. 48 Gryphius first published this translation in 1542 and 1543 as a 16mo of 847 pages; neither of these issues appear in Deleveau & Hillard. Like the present edition these early Gryphius printings of the Erasmus New Testament survive in only a handful of copies. The text opens with Erasmus' dedication to pope Leo X followed by his preface to the reader a general index of the New Testament corpus a listing of the chapters of the four Gospels and a brief passage from Jerome's catalogue of ecclesiastical writings. The editor's introductions precede each book. The text concludes with Erasmus' translation of a brief discussion of apocryphal literature partly from Athanasius though Erasmus questions the attribution: "De libris utriusque testamenti partim reiectus aut non sine contradictione admissis partim apocryphis ex Athanasio tametsi mihi suspectus est titulus." Provenance and annotations: Extensive early annotations in more than one hand appear throughout the book; many marginal notes have been added throughout the Gospel of Matthew. At the front of the book beginning with the free endleaf: "Poeta de Pythogora" several stanzas in Latin and Greek; facing the title: A morning prayer "Oro matutina lecturis oracula divina" 11 lines; an accounting of biblical eras 10 lines since Abraham David and the Babylonian Exile appears at the verso of the title leaf. The final blank page the two intergral blank leaves and two additional blanks added by the binder are filled with notes in several different hands including: a passage from Augustine's De doctrina christianae 14 lines; noted as book 2 chapters 11 and 12 along with four lines about Tertullian; four pages of notes on the twelve disciples numbered; a Greek text discussing the divine names in which the tetragrammaton is written in Hebrew letters; a passage from a letter of Basilius Magnus in Greek with Latin translation. Printed label of Edward Davis Hoblyn 1809-1881 and his manuscript entry dated 1831 at the free endleaf. Edward was likely related to the renowned book collector Robert Hoblyn 1710-1756 of Cornwall. A catalogue of Robert's collection was printed in 1768 as Bibliotheca Hobliniana and reissued by Murray in 1769 with a new titlepage. The library remained with Robert's widow and was sold in 1778. The present work is not listed in the Bibliotheca though no fewer than nineteen 16th-century Latin Bibles and Testaments appear in the catalogue. Gift inscription of D. N. Goodman of San Francisco California to Father J. L. Damas at front pastedown dated 1935. References: Baudrier 8 217. Baumgarten Nach. v. merkw. Büchern 8 1755 206 noting that this and the later Gryphius edition which Le Long assigns to the master printer's workshop are in fact identical and notable examples of elegant typography. Deleveau & Hillard 4407 BNF. Le Long Leipzig 1709 1:751 & 2:478 Bibl. Colbertina - the earlier Gryphius edition of 1542/43 is not cited in either part. Le Long-Masch 2.3 p. 599 noted as the first New Testament ex. Erasmi to appear at Lyon. Sebastian Gryphius hardcover
1547ref. 49141Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius 1547. Hardcover. Very Good-. 16mo in 8s: a-z8 A-Z8 aa8 bb8 =384 leaves; blank bb7-8. 763 5 blankpp. Printer's device at title woodcut lettrines. Text in italic headlines and chapter headings in roman; printed marginalia. Later pigskin over bevelled boards tooled in blind brass clasps one of two and catches manuscript title at spine. Extensive old manuscript notes at front endleaf and four blank leaves at the end including the two integral blanks; occasional marginalia and underlining. Title soiled with some slight erosion at margin from oxidation of the clasps else a very good copy with clean fresh text throughout. Complete with the two final blank leaves. Second Gryphius edition and a rather uncommon early sixteenth-century printing of Erasmus' Latin translation of the New Testament first published at Basel in 1516. According to Baudrier Ly. V. 804101/Cat. de Lignerolles Paris Porquet 1894 no. 48 Gryphius first published this translation in 1542 and 1543 as a 16mo of 847 pages; neither of these issues appear in Deleveau & Hillard. Like the present edition these early Gryphius printings of the Erasmus New Testament survive in only a handful of copies. The text opens with Erasmus' dedication to pope Leo X followed by his preface to the reader a general index of the New Testament corpus a listing of the chapters of the four Gospels and a brief passage from Jerome's catalogue of ecclesiastical writings. The editor's introductions precede each book. The text concludes with Erasmus' translation of a brief discussion of apocryphal literature partly from Athanasius though Erasmus questions the attribution: "De libris utriusque testamenti partim reiectus aut non sine contradictione admissis partim apocryphis ex Athanasio tametsi mihi suspectus est titulus." Provenance and annotations: Extensive early annotations in more than one hand appear throughout the book; many marginal notes have been added throughout the Gospel of Matthew. At the front of the book beginning with the free endleaf: "Poeta de Pythogora" several stanzas in Latin and Greek; facing the title: A morning prayer "Oro matutina lecturis oracula divina" 11 lines; an accounting of biblical eras 10 lines since Abraham David and the Babylonian Exile appears at the verso of the title leaf. The final blank page the two intergral blank leaves and two additional blanks added by the binder are filled with notes in several different hands including: a passage from Augustine's De doctrina christianae 14 lines; noted as book 2 chapters 11 and 12 along with four lines about Tertullian; four pages of notes on the twelve disciples numbered; a Greek text discussing the divine names in which the tetragrammaton is written in Hebrew letters; a passage from a letter of Basilius Magnus in Greek with Latin translation. Printed label of Edward Davis Hoblyn 1809-1881 and his manuscript entry dated 1831 at the free endleaf. Edward was likely related to the renowned book collector Robert Hoblyn 1710-1756 of Cornwall. A catalogue of Robert's collection was printed in 1768 as Bibliotheca Hobliniana and reissued by Murray in 1769 with a new titlepage. The library remained with Robert's widow and was sold in 1778. The present work is not listed in the Bibliotheca though no fewer than nineteen 16th-century Latin Bibles and Testaments appear in the catalogue. Gift inscription of D. N. Goodman of San Francisco California to Father J. L. Damas at front pastedown dated 1935. References: Baudrier 8 217. Baumgarten Nach. v. merkw. Büchern 8 1755 206 noting that this and the later Gryphius edition which Le Long assigns to the master printer's workshop are in fact identical and notable examples of elegant typography. Deleveau & Hillard 4407 BNF. Le Long Leipzig 1709 1:751 & 2:478 Bibl. Colbertina - the earlier Gryphius edition of 1542/43 is not cited in either part. Le Long-Masch 2.3 p. 599 noted as the first New Testament ex. Erasmi to appear at Lyon. Sebastian Gryphius hardcover books
1554ref. 0050840 p. 4to A-E4 194 x 138 mm --- First and only edition of this report of the 1554 Eisleben Synod—which happens to have been the first book printed in Eisleben perhaps best known today as the birthplace of Martin Luther. USTC alone mentions an edition of Johannes Agricola's Ain Christliche Kinder printed at Eisleben in 1528 though it reports no copies USTC 710818. We suspect this refers to a copy once at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin tragically lost in the war. Like many editions of the Christliche Kinder the title indicates the author prepared the catechism for his students in Eisleben where he taught. Hence a cataloger might mistakenly provide Eisleben as place of printing when no other city appears on the title page. While Henry Cotton reports Eisleben was printing as early as 1535 Deschamps found no evidence of this and defers to the Synod publications of 1554 as the earliest. For what it's worth VD16 reports no Eisleben imprints before 1554. ¶ This particular synod was occasioned by three pastors in Mansfeld: Stephan Agricola Moritz Heling and Georg Major. All had professed that good works were necessary for salvation which obviously smacked of papistry. Nearly a hundred attended the synod with a complete list of names here on leaves C1v-C3r. While the vast majority did reject the necessity of good works the debate ended like so many noncommittal institutional positions "without clear wording as to whether an agreement was reached with the opponents at all and without mentioning the dismissal of Agricola and Heling" Dingel. ¶ But at least the report left us with Luther's first printed appearance in the city of his birth. Indeed half of the content beginning on C3v consists of excerpts from Luther's vast corpus. The synod appears to be citing Hans Lufft's multivolume Wittenberg edition. Compare Luther cited in our pamphlet aus dem vierden Tomo fol. 550 to >fol. 550v in Lufft's fourth volume 1551. Luther's family moved to nearby Mansfeld—the locus of our pamphlet's controversy—the year after he was born where he spent most of his youth. Family business brought Luther back to Mansfeld in 1546. He preached his final antisemitic sermon in Eisleben just a few days before his death. ¶ Jakob Bärwald was a Leipzig printer. He produced just a handful of items in Eisleben before turning the press over to Urban Gaubisch in 1554 his former apprentice and now husband to his sister-in-law. Of Bärwald's five Eisleben items two have precisely dated colophons: our Acta April 4 and an >Orationby Georg Lauterbeck April 7; VD16 L776. The preface to Sleidanus's >Kurtze summa is dated 16 April VD16 S6720. Sarcerius dates the text of his >TrostschrifftMay 5 VD16 S1779. Which leaves only Sarcerius's Form und Weise einer Visitation to possibly rival the April 4 Acta for priority VD16 S1705 and ZV20662 representing two slightly different title settings. And priority appears to go to the Acta. His two imprints with precise dates and the three without form two distinct groups even beyond the precise colophons with Form und Weise belonging to the second group. The later imprints those without precise colophons have dated title pages; the Acta and Oration have no imprint information whatsoever on their title pages. The Acta and Oration use the same woodcut decoration on the title which Bärwald only deploys again beneath the errata in Form und Weise; he preferred different decorations for the other three titles. This is consistent with Sabine Arend's assessment whose research found that Form und Weise "flowed from his pen between April and June 1554." And for what it's worth our source a reputable German auction house citing reference sources beyond our own was unequivocal in calling this Eisleben's first printed book. ¶ Of course it's satisfying to have the first printed book from any given city. But beyond that to have Luther's first printed appearance in the city of both his birth and death.it feels almost totemic. ¶ We find two copies in North America Harvard and Yale. --- PROVENANCE: A couple of numbers inked on the title page perhaps shelfmarks of the 18th or 19th centuries. Scattered early underlining on a handful of pages. Faint evidence of an old ink stamp on the title. --- CONDITION: Recent full brown calfskin the boards paneled in blind the spine tooled in gold. ¶ Title leaf and blank verso of the final leaf soiled; scattered dark staining in the lower margin a few leaves with large stains in the text; title leaf and final leaf repaired at the outer margin the other outer margins generally a bit ragged but damage not quite reaching the text. --- REFERENCES: USTC 608666; VD16 A151 ¶ Henry Cotton A Typographical Gazetteer Oxford Univ 1831 >p. 132 "Eisleben a town of Upper Saxony near Mansfeld memorable for the birth of Luther. Printing was exercised here at least so early as 1566."; Henry Cotton A Typographical Gazetteer Second Series Oxford 1866 >p. 104 claiming 1535 as the start of printing in Eisleben; P. Deschamps Dictionnaire de géographie ancienne et moderne a l'usage du libraire Berlin 1922 col. 666; Irene Dingel Controversia et Confessio Digital 2022; an excellent summary of the content; Sabine Arend "Die Kirchenordnungen der Grafschaft Mansfeld im 16. Jahrhundert" Von Grafen und Predigern: Zur Reformationsgeschichte des Mansfelder Landes Leipzig 2014 p. 50; Heinrich Rembe "Geschichte der Buchdruckerkunst in der Stadt Eisleben" Zeitschrift des Harz-Vereins für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 18 1886 p. 423-425; Josef Benzing Die Buchdrucker des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts im Deutschen Sprachgebiet 1963 p. 94 cites 1554 as Eisleben's first year of printing and Bärwald as its first printer Jakob Bärwald hardcover
1531ref. ABC_49886Strasbourg or Nuremberg 1531. 4to. Georg Ulricher or Wolfgang Heußler Modern blind-tooled mottled calf with a double fillet border on both boards. 3 1 blank ll. Rare German edition of a letter Erasmus sent to the papal legate Lorenzo Campeggi 1474-1539 on August 18 1530. In this letter Erasmus expresses his fear that the Holy Roman Emperor would declare war to the Protestant German princes and explains in 17 articles why violence is not the answer. He never printed the letter himself and it probably never reached Campeggi. According to Allen Erasmus wrote that "it was intercepted by the treachery of some unnamed 'evangelical' and printed without authority in Strasburg". The letter was translated into German and indeed published several times in Strasbourg Wittenberg Magdenburg and Nuremberg in 1531. The present edition does not have an imprint but was either printed in 1531 in Strasbourg by Georg Ulricher or in 1546 in Nuremberg by Wolfgang Heußler. It is quite rare as we not been able to find any other copies of the present edition in sales records of the past hundred years.With a red bookbinder's label "Period Bookbinders Bath England" mounted on the recto of the last free flyleaf. The work is lightly browned and foxed the inner margins have been reinforced. Otherwise in good condition.l Bezzel 26; Erasmus Online 1874; USTC 704493 and 704494; VD16 E 1881 and VD16 E 1882; Vander Haeghen I 88; not in Adams; BM STC German; De Reuck; cf. Allen Opus Epistolarum Erasmi vol. IX intro. to Ep. 2366. EARLY PRINTING & MANUSCRIPTS HISTORY LAW PHILOSOPHY & POLITICS RELIGION & DEVOTION Broadsides Ephemera & Pamphlets Early Printing - 16th century Erasmus Humanism & Reformation Law & Politics Philosophy & Humanism ZZ 001 De Graaf Inkopen hardcover
1523ref. ABC_50186Antwerp: Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten 1523. Modern boards covered with a leaf from a Latin incunable probably part of a commentary on the Song of Solomon red sprinkled edges. 8vo. With a full-page woodcut illustration incorporating Hillen van Hoochstratens device on the last page and 3 woodcut decorated initials. First Antwerp edition published in the same year as the first Froben edition in Basel of Erasmus De sarcienda ecclesiae concordia. Dedicated to Julius Pflug of Eytra 1499-1564 later the last Catholic Bishop of Naumburg the work sets out Erasmus most urgent appeal for unity at a moment when the fractures of the Reformation were widening by the month. Pflug who valued peace and moderation shared Erasmus unease about the increasingly bitter debates dividing Western Christendom.De sarcienda ecclesiae concordia opens as a commentary on psalm 83 in which Erasmus underscores the spiritual necessity of harmony within the Church. From this biblical foundation he advances his lifelong conviction: that a polarised Christendom is fundamentally at odds with the teaching and example of Christ. In passages marked by clarity moral urgency and classical poise Erasmus argues that contentious theology has little to do with genuine faith and everything to do with human pride.Appended to the treatise is the brief Precatio pro pace ecclesiae addressed to the Cologne jurist Johann Rinck further underlining Erasmus conviction that peace moderation and the diligent search for concord must prevail over doctrinal intransigence.With very minor underlining on three pages and one tiny marginal annotation a small ink stain in the upper margin of the title page a small wormhole running from leaves A6 to B6 and some occasional water staining confined to the margins. Otherwise in good condition.l Adams E 387; De Reuck 248; Erasmus online 2340; Nijhoff & Kronenberg 798; STCV 12920380; USTC 403885; Vanderhaeghen I 117. Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten, hardcover
1549ref. 9472Cologne, Mart. Gymnicus, 1549 ; in-8 ; plein vélin estampé sur ais de bois, dos à trois gros nerfs, fermoirs de cuivre (reliure de l'époque) ; (16) y compris le titre, 632, [634], (76) pp. index, (1) f. blanc (*, AZ, Aa-Xx - 8, Yy - 4).
1530ref. 329Parisiis Paris: Apud Simonem Colinaeum Simon de Colines 1530. Reprint of the printer's edition of 1525. First printed by Johann Froben in 1517. Papered spine. In fine condition. Title within elaborate woodcut border with initials S.D.C. and Geoffroy Tory’s Lorraine cross. Title within elaborate woodcut border with initials S.D.C. and Geoffroy Tory’s Lorraine cross. Reprint of the printer's edition of 1525. First printed by Johann Froben in 1517. Papered spine. 8º a–c8 c8 blank; 23 1 blank leaves. Erasmus’ famous pacifist text on the adage “dulce bellum inexpertis" war is sweet to those who have not tried it. It was first published in the revised and enlarged edition of “Adages” called “Proverbiorum chiliades" 1515 Basel; Froben and published separately in 1517 also by Froben. “Bellum" is the first essay where Erasmus speaks of Jews contemporary to him praises them along with the Turks and the pagans as well as various peoples of Europe Asia and Africa for their virtuous living. He writes: “When has the sword murder arson plundering turned conquered people into good Christians! Openly to be a Turk or a Jew is lesser evil than to pretend to be a Christian. I prefer a real Turk to a false Christian.” The printer Simon de Colines 1480–1546 is most notable for his 1525 “Grandes Heures de Simon de Colines” the illustrator was the same Geoffroy Tory 1480–1533 who made the design of the woodcut border of this book. Bibl.: Markish Shimon: Erasmus and the Jews. Chicago. University of Chicago Press 1986.; Johnson Carina L.: Cultural hierarchy in sixteenth-century Europe. The Ottomans and Mexicans. Cambridge; New York. Cambridge University Press 2011.; Olin John C.: Six essays on Erasmus and a Translation of Erasmus' Letter to Carondelet 1523. New York. Fordham University Press 1979. Moreau III 2074. . Apud Simonem Colinaeum (Simon de Colines) unknown
1531ref. 47178Basel Froben 1531 Coloniae Petrus Quentell 1536. Folio. Bound together in a beautiful contemporary full calf binding over wooden boards. Blindstamped ornamental frames to boards. Five raised bands to spine. Remains of brass clasps to boards. Brass at corners of boards and brass strips to bottom edges of boards. A tear through the letter at the lower capital no loss. Some scrathing of leather mostly to back board and upper part of spine. The titles of the two works written in contemporary hand to the outer edge. The strong vellum cords which go through the the wooden boards can be seen on the inside of the wooden boards which also have some initials in red and blue paint possibly from a painted leaf that has rubbed off First title-page a bit dusty otherwise very nice clean and crisp throughout. Eucherius: Froben printer's device to title-page to final leaf of the first part to the half-title of the second part Episcopi Commentariorum in libros Regum ad Veranium & Salonium and to the last leaf of that part. Beautiful large woodcut initial at beginning of each new work. 8 194 2; 310 2 pp.Radulphus: Woodcut device to title-page. Numerous beautiful woodcut allegorical initials both large and smaller throughout. 4 - title dedications 14 - index 6 314 pp. First editions of both works being the first edition of the works "Several Studies" of St. Eucharius most of them printed for the first time here as well as the first edition of Rodulfus Tortarius' or Radulphus Flaviacensis commentaries of Leviticus the third of the Books of Moses written in Latin in 20 books. Saint Eucherius bishop of Lyon ca. 380 - ca. 449 was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul. He is remembered for his letters advocating extreme self-abnegation. Henry Wace ranked him "except perhaps St. Irenaeus the most distinguished occupant of that see"."St. Eucherius Bishop of Lyons theologian born in the latter half of the fourth century; died about 449. On the death of his wife he withdrew to the monastery of Lérins where his sons Veranius and Salonius lived and soon afterward to the neighbouring island of Lerona now Sainte-Marguerite where he devoted his time to study and mortification. Desirous of joining the anchorites in the deserts of the East he consulted John Cassian who in reply sent him some of his "Collationes" describing the daily lives of the hermits of the Thebaid. It was at this time that Eucherius wrote his beautiful letter "De laude Eremi" to St. Hilary of Arles c. 428. Though imitating the virtues of the Egyptian solitaries he kept in touch with men renowned for learning and piety e.g. Cassian St. Hilary of Arles St. Honoratus later Bishop of Marseilles and Valerian to whom he wrote his "Epistola parænetica de contemptu mundi". The fame of Eucherius was soon so widespread in southeastern Gaul that he was chosen Bishop of Lyons. This was probably in 434; it is certain at least that he attended the First Council of Orange 441 as Metropolitan of Lyons and that he retained this dignity until his death. In addition to the above-mentioned letters Eucherius wrote "Formularium spiritualis intelligentiæ ad Veranium" and "Institutiones ad Salonium" besides many homilies. His works have been published both separately and among the writings of the Fathers." Catholic Encyclopedia. His "Epistola paraenetica ad Valerianum cognatum de contemptu mundi "Epistle of exhortation to his kinsman Valerian On the contempt of the world" is an expression of the despair for the present and future of the world in its last throes shared by many educated men of Late Antiquity with hope for a world to come. Erasmus thought so highly of its Latin style that he edited and published it at Basel in 1520. His commentaries on the work are also included here. His "Liber formularum spiritalis intelligentiae" which is addressed to his son Veranius is a defence of the lawfulness of reading an allegorical sense in Scripture bringing to bear the metaphors in Psalms and such phrases as "the hand of God" The term anagoge in Greek is employed for the application of Scripture to the heavenly Jerusalem to come and there are other examples of what would become classic Medieval hermeneutics.Rodulfus Tortarius also known as Raoul of Tourtier Raoul de La Tourte Radulphus Flaviacensis c.1063 - c.1122 was a French Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Fleury-sur-Loire and a poet writing in Latin. He is known both for his style of writing his biblical commentaries and religious works and his literary and comic tales. His commentary on "Leviticus" is considered important and influential. The first edition of the work is rare. hardcover
1531ref. 47178Basel, Froben, 1531 + Coloniae, Petrus Quentell, 1536. Folio. Bound together in a beautiful contemporary full calf binding over wooden boards. Blindstamped ornamental frames to boards. Five raised bands to spine. Remains of brass clasps to boards. Brass at corners of boards and brass strips to bottom edges of boards. A tear through the letter at the lower capital, no loss. Some scrathing of leather, mostly to back board and upper part of spine. The titles of the two works written in contemporary hand to the outer edge. The strong vellum cords, which go through the the wooden boards can be seen on the inside of the wooden boards, which also have some initials in red and blue paint, possibly from a painted leaf that has rubbed off? First title-page a bit dusty, otherwise very nice, clean, and crisp throughout. [Eucherius:] Froben printer's device to title-page, to final leaf of the first part, to the half-title of the second part (Episcopi Commentariorum in libros Regum ad Veranium & Salonium) and to the last leaf of that part. Beautiful large woodcut initial at beginning of each new work. (8), 194, (2)" 310, (2) pp.[Radulphus:] Woodcut device to title-page. Numerous beautiful woodcut, allegorical initials, both large and smaller, throughout. (4 - title, dedications), (14 - index), (6), 314 pp.
1523ref. ABC_49898Colophon: Paris 1523. 8vo. Claude Chevallon Modern half vellum and beige paper sides blue sprinkled head- and fore-edge manuscript author and title on the spine in brown ink. With Cevallons woodcut device on the verso of the final leaf the title is printed in red and black and 10 woodcut decorated initials. 6 CVII 1 ll. Collection of patristic writings many of which appear here in print for the first time. The book opens with the spiritual writings of Eucherius ca. 380-ca. 449 CE Archbishop of Lyon including his Intelligentiae spiritalis formulae and two instructional treatises both of which are printed here for the first time.At the heart of the volume is Eucherius paraenetic letter to Valerianus a moral exhortation encouraging the rejection of worldly distractions and the pursuit of true Christian wisdom. Although this letter had been printed previously it is presented here together with annotations by Erasmus.Also included is a consolatory letter by Basil the Great Bishop of Caesarea 330-379 CE intended to support believers facing the hardships of earthly life. Like the instructional works of Eucherius this letter also appears here in print for the first time. The final text is a fragment from a letter by Saint Jerome ca. 342/7-420 CE to Pammachius d. 410 CE defending the doctrine of the resurrection of the flesh and refuting the teachings of John of Jerusalem.The exact date of publication remains uncertain but it is unlikely that the book appeared before 1520 the year when Chevallon first began using his soleil dor printers device.The pages show some browning and water staining throughout. Overall in good condition.l BM STC French p. 157; Erasmus Online 4203; Vander Haeghen II 25; Moreau & Renouard III 498; Renouard P. Marques 176; USTC 184320; not in Adams; De Reuck; Kossmann; Meyers. EARLY PRINTING & MANUSCRIPTS RELIGION & DEVOTION Church History & Missions Early Printing - 16th century Erasmus Humanism & Reformation Philosophy & Humanism Religion 16th Century ZZ 001 De Graaf Inkopen hardcover
1988ref. 94084Luca Verlag. New. 1988. Hardcover. 3923641141 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in Dutch; summaries in English and in German. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Catalogus Het Complete Oeuvre Raisonnee Luca Verlag hardcover
1531ref. 049721Basel: Officina Frobeniana Froben 1531. First Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Contemporary rolled pigskin worn and discolored with old repairs to spine ends and edges but quite sound. Clasps intact. Early notes and an old bookseller catalog entry to front pastedown. The notes appear to be in two hands one contemporary in the same or similar ink to Chripstoph Binder's signature to the title and the other a little later. Title page printer's device with early coloring. Neat marginal notes and underlining throughout heavier early on and at the end neat interlinear notes and notes to the Erasmus letter. Many of the later notes written in triangular format. Scattered stains tiny wormtrails heavier early on some marginal dampstaining at beginning and end. A nice copy. Separate title page for the Chronologia. 8 244 243 210 91 74 45 1 p. Provenance: With the signature on the title page of Württemberg theologian Christoph Binder 1519-1596 the first Protestant abbot of Adelberg Abbey. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 049721. Officina Frobeniana (Froben) hardcover
1727ref. 77991727 A Amsterdam: Chez François lHonoré, 1727. In-12: 10.5 x 17 cm, 2 ff. de front. grav., 13 ff. n. chiff. de titre, privilège, avertissement, préface du traducteur, préface dErasme, 340 pp. + 6 pl. grav. dép., 10 ff. n. chiff. de tables. Très belle édition de lEloge de la Folie dErasme illustrée de deux titres-frontispices, de 75 figures à mi-page inspirées des dessins dHolbein et de 6 pl. grav. dépliantes. Le titre que nous lui connaissons aujourdhui, dEloge de la Folie, apparaît pour la première fois dans la traduction de Gueudeville, dont la première édition remonte à 1713. Reliure de lépoque en veau brun. Dos à cinq nerfs marqués de filets avec pièce de titre en maroquin rouge. Tranches marbrées. Ex-libris: «E. C. de la Noue» de la famille du Valois, de Noüe. Ex-libris: "André Gutzwiller». Ex-libris manuscrit sur la page de titre «Ex librio Reuest». Reliure restaurée aux coiffes. Reliure solide et gravures très agréables.
ref. 57443SAmsterdam-New York-Oxford-Tokyo Elsevier Science Publishers bv-North Holland Publishing Company. 1969-2008. Original publisher's blue-gray cloth hardback gilt lettering spine blind-stamp portrait Erasmus frontcover thick large 8vo: Volume I. Writings on Philological and Educational Questions: nrs 1-7: xxij 682pp. / viij 726pp. / viij 774pp. / viij 362pp. / viij 432pp. / viij 314pp. / viij 532pp. Volume II. Proverbs and Sayings Adagia: nrs 1-9: viij 620pp. / xij 546pp. / x 528pp. / viij 386pp. / viij 346pp. / vi 347-652pp. / xij 338pp. / xiv 378pp. / xiv 490pp. Volume IV. Writings on Moral Questions: nrs 1-3 & 1A: viij 204pp. / x 330pp. / viij 224pp. / viij 382pp. Volume V Writings Relating to Religious Instruction: nrs. 1 - 6: s. viij 410pp. / x 400pp. / viij 450pp. / viij 496pp. / viij 422pp. / viij 356pp. Volume VII. Paraphrases of the New Testament: nr 6: x 330pp. Volume VIII. Writings Relating to Church Fathers including several translations from Greek: nrs 2 and 3 & 5 and 6 & 8: xiij 516pp. / xij 694pp. / xij 654pp. / xij 404pp. / xij 508pp. Volume IX. Apologies: nrs 1-4: viij 506pp. / x 292pp. / xxvi 250pp. / viii 424pp. Very fine copies. Complete set of volumes published by Elsevier & North Holland Publishers. From 2009 on the series is continued by Brill and still running. Â Amsterdam-New York-Oxford-Tokyo, Elsevier Science Publishers bv-North Holland Publishing Company. 1969-2008 hardcover
1829ref. 259017Roma : Tipografia della Societa Editrice 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Finely bound set in half gilt-blocked vellum over marble boards with leather gilt-blocked titles. Some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 8 vols. : ill. ; 43 cm. Notes; Engraved title pages. Subjects; Vatican. Painting — Vatican City. Sculpture — Vatican City. Roma : Tipografia della Societa? Editrice hardcover
1791ref. 43999London: J. Johnson 1791. Darwin Erasmus 1731-1802. The botanic garden: A poem in two parts . . . 4to. xii 214 126 2; 2 ix 197 1pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates including 5 by William Blake 1757-1827; 2 of the plates are after drawings by John Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. London: J. Johnson 1791. 275 x 207 mm. Half calf gilt marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting small marginal stains on two or three plates not affecting the images marginal tears in signature S and one plate repaired but very good. First Edition of Part I; third edition of Part II containing two more plates than the first edition of 1789. Darwin's first major literary work and the chief source of his fame during his lifetime. "The Botanic Garden an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited 'to entertain and charm.' The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote 'To enlist Imagination under the banner of Science . . . to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany . . . and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist-Linnaeus'" Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The Botanic Garden is also important for the five plates in Vol. I engraved by William Blake: four engravings of the Portland vase and the "Fertilization of Egypt" after a design by Fuseli. Keynes Blake 103. King-Hele Erasmus Darwin pp. 97-119. . J. Johnson unknown
1791ref. 43999London: J. Johnson 1791. Darwin Erasmus 1731-1802. The botanic garden: A poem in two parts . . . 4to. xii 214 126 2; 2 ix 197 1pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates including 5 by William Blake 1757-1827; 2 of the plates are after drawings by John Henry Fuseli 1741-1825. London: J. Johnson 1791. 275 x 207 mm. Half calf gilt marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and offsetting small marginal stains on two or three plates not affecting the images marginal tears in signature S and one plate repaired but very good. First Edition of Part I; third edition of Part II containing two more plates than the first edition of 1789. Darwin's first major literary work and the chief source of his fame during his lifetime. "The Botanic Garden an annotated scientific poem in Augustan couplets appeared in two parts of which the second The Loves of the Plants 1789 was published before the first The Economy of Vegetation 1791. Darwin decided to publish the second part of the work first because it was better suited 'to entertain and charm.' The first part of the work is more ambitious than the second covering all natural philosophy and embodying many of the researches and inventions of Wedgwood Watt Boulton and others. The design of the totality was Darwin wrote 'To enlist Imagination under the banner of Science . . . to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of botany . . . and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish naturalist-Linnaeus'" Dictionary of Scientific Biography. The Botanic Garden is also important for the five plates in Vol. I engraved by William Blake: four engravings of the Portland vase and the "Fertilization of Egypt" after a design by Fuseli. Keynes Blake 103. King-Hele Erasmus Darwin pp. 97-119. . J. Johnson unknown books
1521ref. 371922Basel: Froben 1521. Titles within ornamental woodcut borders; initials and headpieces throughout. Froben's Printer's device on PP10v. Collation: O-V8; Cc-Hh8 Ii4 Kk-Oo8 Pp10; X8-Bb10. Bound out of order lacking Kk8 blank; X2 is signed "X3". 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century drab paper spine and marbled boards. Armorial bookplate: Ex libris Liechtensteinianis and bookplates of General Theological Seminary. Titles within ornamental woodcut borders; initials and headpieces throughout. Froben's Printer's device on PP10v. Collation: O-V8; Cc-Hh8 Ii4 Kk-Oo8 Pp10; X8-Bb10. Bound out of order lacking Kk8 blank; X2 is signed "X3". 1 vols. 8vo. Shortly after Erasmus' revolutionary edition of the Greek New Testament of 1516 he undertook the Paraphrases intending to "retell" the books of the New Testament in one uninterrupted voice without the clutter of textual commentary or critical interruption. It was a bold undertaking and in 1517 Erasmus began with the letters of Paul. They were first issued separately starting with Romans in 1517; and editions appeared in Louvain Thierry Martens Leipzig Valentin Schumann and Basel Johann Froben. Beginning in 1519 Froben began to publish groups of the Paraphrases and in 1521 a collected edition of all of the Pauline letters. This is a nonce volume containing the latter part of the 1521 Froben edition of the Paraphrases of Erasmus. The first half of the book is not present gatherings a-N comprising the Epistles to the Romans Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians and Thessalonians. The colophon states the edition was completed in July 1521. Four complete sections with their individual title pages: A Paraphrases in Epistolas Pavli ad Timotheum duas ad Titum unam et ad Philemonem unam. Item In catholicas epistolas Apostolorum Petri duas Unam Iudae Unam Iacobi et Treis Ioannis et ad Hebraeos unam. Per Erasmum Roterodamum. Anno M.D.XXI. B Paraphrases Erasmi Roterodami in epistolas canonicas Unam Iacobi et Treis Ioannis. R. D. D. Matthaeo Cardinali Sedunensi Com. Valesij dedicatae. Woodcut border with date 1520 C In Epistolam ad Hebraeos paraphrasis per Erasmum Roterodamum exterma. R. P. ac D. D. Syluestro episcopo Vuigorniensi dedicatae. D Paraphrases Erasmi Roterodami in epistolas canonicas Duas Petri Unam Iudae Unam Iacobi et Treis Ioannis. Woodcut border with date 1520. Bound out of sequence: this section begins with leaf X1 and has a separate title page although it is a subsection of part B. Any of the lifetime editions of the Paraphrases whether from the spearate printings or the collected edition are rare in the market. VD16 E 3376 Froben unknown
1521ref. 371922Basel: Froben 1521. Titles within ornamental woodcut borders; initials and headpieces throughout. Froben's Printer's device on PP10v. Collation: O-V8; Cc-Hh8 Ii4 Kk-Oo8 Pp10; X8-Bb10. Bound out of order lacking Kk8 blank; X2 is signed "X3". 1 vols. 8vo. Nineteenth century drab paper spine and marbled boards. Armorial bookplate: Ex libris Liechtensteinianis and bookplates of General Theological Seminary. Titles within ornamental woodcut borders; initials and headpieces throughout. Froben's Printer's device on PP10v. Collation: O-V8; Cc-Hh8 Ii4 Kk-Oo8 Pp10; X8-Bb10. Bound out of order lacking Kk8 blank; X2 is signed "X3". 1 vols. 8vo. Shortly after Erasmus' revolutionary edition of the Greek New Testament of 1516 he undertook the Paraphrases intending to "retell" the books of the New Testament in one uninterrupted voice without the clutter of textual commentary or critical interruption. It was a bold undertaking and in 1517 Erasmus began with the letters of Paul. They were first issued separately starting with Romans in 1517; and editions appeared in Louvain Thierry Martens Leipzig Valentin Schumann and Basel Johann Froben. Beginning in 1519 Froben began to publish groups of the Paraphrases and in 1521 a collected edition of all of the Pauline letters. This is a nonce volume containing the latter part of the 1521 Froben edition of the Paraphrases of Erasmus. The first half of the book is not present gatherings a-N comprising the Epistles to the Romans Corinthians Galatians Ephesians Philippians Colossians and Thessalonians. The colophon states the edition was completed in July 1521. Four complete sections with their individual title pages: A Paraphrases in Epistolas Pavli ad Timotheum duas ad Titum unam et ad Philemonem unam. Item In catholicas epistolas Apostolorum Petri duas Unam Iudae Unam Iacobi et Treis Ioannis et ad Hebraeos unam. Per Erasmum Roterodamum. Anno M.D.XXI. B Paraphrases Erasmi Roterodami in epistolas canonicas Unam Iacobi et Treis Ioannis. R. D. D. Matthaeo Cardinali Sedunensi Com. Valesij dedicatae. Woodcut border with date 1520 C In Epistolam ad Hebraeos paraphrasis per Erasmum Roterodamum exterma. R. P. ac D. D. Syluestro episcopo Vuigorniensi dedicatae. D Paraphrases Erasmi Roterodami in epistolas canonicas Duas Petri Unam Iudae Unam Iacobi et Treis Ioannis. Woodcut border with date 1520. Bound out of sequence: this section begins with leaf X1 and has a separate title page although it is a subsection of part B. Any of the lifetime editions of the Paraphrases whether from the spearate printings or the collected edition are rare in the market. VD16 E 3376 Froben unknown books
1664ref. B5178Nuremberg: Johann Hofmann c. 1664. There is a fold across one half of the first engraved title page and minor wear but the book is in very good condition. Text and engravings are clean. Binding: Contemporary full vellum. Notes: Text in German. Two volumes in one. This book describes cities and strongholds during the fourth Austro-Turkish War 1663-1664 with the focus being on the year 1663 in particular. The Austro–Turkish War was a short war between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman aim was to resume the advance in central Europe conquer Vienna and subdue Austria. The book contains a detailed description of the siege of Vienna with maps and engravings; by C. M. Conrad Meyer perhaps. Erasmus Finx 1627 – 1694 aka Erasmus Francisci was a German Polymath author and writer of Christian hymns. Finx was born in Lübeck the son of a lawyer and received higher education at Lüneburg and Stettin. He studied law and was travelling through Italy France and the Netherlands afterwards. As of 1657 he worked as a reader at Endter publishing at Nuremberg where he also published some of his books. Size: 12vo 129x75mm. Illustration: Illustrated with 2 engraved title pages 4 fold-out maps and 6 views 5 fold-out. Volume: 2 volumes in 1 Provenance: Signed by someone dating to 1664 but the name has been covered by ink and is only partially readable. Pages: P. Blank. Engraved title page. Title page. Introduction 1-19. 1-379 80 mispag. 08. Index 1-5. Blank. Engraved title page. Title page. 1-187 164 mispag. 163. Project 1-21. Blank. Category: Book Europe Hungary; Book Military; Book Near East Turkey; Book Europe Germany; Book Europe Austria; Johann Hofmann hardcover
ref. 88974Zürich Froschauer 1547. Kl.8° Orig.-Titelbl. fehlt dieses sauber auf altem Papier faksimiliert und eingebunden 7 Bl. «Paraclesis» Bl. 1 - 304 m. 127 Holzschnitten im Text u. Initialen in Holzschnitt 20 Bl. «Argumenta capitum in omnes Novi Testamenti libros» Pgt. d. Zt. m. Blindpräg. auf 4 Bünden Es fehlt das Orig.Titelbl. mit der Zueignung verso. - Pgt. fleckig Hinterdeckel m. Verlust in oberer Ecke 1 x 5 cm Schliessen u. Lasche unvollständig kl. Rückenverlust am Kopf vord. Vs. u. 1 Bl. der «Paraclesis» lose u. randrissig zudem 1 Bl. tlw. lose 8 Holzschnitte wenig könnerhaft in Rot u. tlw. 2. Farbe handkoloriert 3 Bl. rissig 1 tief tlw. etw. fingerfleckig. VD 16 B 4273 Vischer C 374. Die Holzschnitte von Heinrich Vogtherr. - «Rudolf Gwalther 2.10.1519 Zürich - 25.12.1586 Zürich ref. von Zürich. Sohn des Andreas Walther Zimmermanns. ehelicht 1541 Regula Zwingli Tochter des Huldrych Zwingli dann 1566 Anna Blarer Tochter des Thomas Bürgermeisters von Konstanz. G. war 1528 Heinrich Bullingers Schüler der den Waisen 1532 zu sich aufnahm. 1538-41 studierte G. in Basel Strassburg Lausanne und Marburg. 1542 wurde er ref. Pfarrer in Zürich St. Peter 1546 Dekan des Zürichseekapitels und 1575 als Nachfolger von Bullinger erster Pfarrer Zürichs am Grossmünster. Er wirkte nicht nur als bedeutender Prediger sondern trat auch als Verfasser lat. Gedichte Übersetzer u.a. Psalter auf Deutsch über 100 Auflagen; auf Lateinisch "Opera Zvinglii" 1544-45 und Herausgeber hervor. Nachdem seine Predigten gegen den Papst als Antichrist 1546 zu Klagen der kath. Orte an der Tagsatzung geführt hatten veröffentlichte er erst wieder ab 1551 dt. Predigten. Bis ins 18. Jh. blieben seine lat. Homilien zu den Evangelien zur Apostelgeschichte zu einigen Paulus-Briefen und zu den zwölf kleinen Propheten 1553-84 bis 1619 aufgelegt sowie die "Archetypi homiliarum" 1587-1612 als gedruckte Konzepte eigener Predigtreihen viel benutzte Vorlagen. G. unterhielt einen weit reichenden Briefwechsel und übte auf die engl. Staatskirche Einfluss aus»; «Heinrich Vogtherr 1490 Dillingen an der Donau - 1556 Wien ab 1526 Bürger von Strassburg. Sohn des Konrad Arztes und der Anna Nachname unbekannt. 1505-08 Lehre vermutlich beim Maler und Holzschneider Hans Burgkmair dem Älteren in Augsburg. 1514-18 in Leipzig danach wieder in Augsburg 1526-42 in Strassburg und ab 1550 auch Augenarzt am kaiserl. Hof in Wien. Als Illustrator hinterliess V. Werke hist. geogr. und religiösen Inhalts als Verfasser ein vorlagenbuchartiges mehrfach aufgelegtes und übersetztes Kunstbüchlein medizin. Traktate sowie reformator. Schriften die er auch unter dem Namen Satrapitanus veröffentlichte. Er fertigte im Auftrag des Zürcher Buchdruckers Christoph Froschauer bei dem er 1544-46 wohnte über 400 Holzschnitte für dessen Foliobibel von 1545 und für Johannes Stumpfs "Chronik der Eidgenossenschaft" 1547/48 solche mit Veduten und Kampfszenen» HLS. 010 Zürich, Froschauer, 1547 unknown
1525ref. 3089Argentorati Strasbourg: Excudebat Joannes Knoblochus Johann Knobloch 1525. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus’ commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands two clasps upper one partly missing. Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg. Title page with architectural woodcut border. Two 16th-century possessor’s inscriptions on the title page. The border of the title page the first initial and a few words of the dedication colored in red by a contemporary hand. Occasional notes and chapter numbers at the upper corner in somewhat later gray ink. o1 and t3 torn at the margin. Binding somewhat rubbed at the extremities the upper other corner of the front panel bumped. Overall in very good condition. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus’ commentary on the Gospel of John. n contemporary richly tooled pigskin on wooden boards with three raised bands two clasps upper one partly missing. Provenance: F MINOR CON RATIS lettered on the front panel in black; from the Franciscan Convent of Regensburg. 8º; Sign.: a–y8 z4 A8 last blank; ff. 185 3 last blank. First Strasbourg edition of Erasmus’ commentary on the Gospel of John. Between 1517 and 1523 Erasmus composed and published his monument project a commentary on all New Testament books except Revelation in the form of a paraphrase. In the present volume Paraphrase on John first published in 1523 Erasmus advocates a new Christianity “the philosophy of Christ” and implicitly criticizes the clergy of his own age. A scarce edition USTC locates only six copies in Germany 5 and Belgium 1 and RBH recorded 3 copies within the last 100 years. USTC 625980. [Excudebat Joannes Knoblochus (Johann Knobloch)] unknown
1525ref. 3072Basileae Basel: apud Ioannem Frobenium 1525. First edition. In later tooled leather. Woodcut device on title page woodcut initials. Pages tanned. The title page and a few tears and wormholes inside are restored loss of letters on e8–f3 no effect on legibility. A blue inkblot at the upper edge of the first 7 leaves. Occasional stains. Near contemporary faint underlines and notes in ink throughout. Printed marginal notes shaved. Overall in good conditio. First edition. In later tooled leather. Woodcut device on title page woodcut initials. Coll.: a4 b–k7 k8 with woodcut device otherwise blank missing; ff. 75. The first edition of Erasmus’ Latin translation of Plutarch’s De curiositate printed together with the original Greek text. Dedicated to the Hungarian nobleman Alexius Thurzo. De curiositate is a chapter of Plutarch’s Moralia which Erasmus after getting familiar with the original Greek text as a proofreader of the 1509 Aldina edition started to translate into Latin while in Cambridge in 1511. The first compilation of eight chapters in his translation was published in 1514 in Basel by Froben. The present book besides Erasmus’ Latin translation contains the original Greek text of De curiositate too. The book is dedicated to Alexius Thurzo Elek Thurzó Bethlenfalvi; 1490–1543 a Hungarian nobleman the Treasurer of the Kingdom of Hungary at the time of the publication between 1523 and 1527 and later the Judge Royal 1527–1543. Alexius Thurzo “and two of his brothers Johannes I bishop of Wroclaw and Stanislaus bishop of Olomouc all became correspondents and patrons of Erasmus and of many humanists in eastern Europe. Unlike his brothers Alexis followed a secular career in the mining business and in public office. After the death of King Louis Il of Hungary in the battle of Mohács 1526 he became an important supporter of the Hapsburg dynasty’s claims in the parts of Hungary not conquered by the Turks. Like his brothers the bishops however he was an active patron of humanistic learning. This dedication was offered at the urging of Jan Antonin of Košice Joannes Antoninus Cassoviensis or János Antal Kassai; 1499–1548/1563 a young physician educated at Padua who had treated Erasmus for kidney stones while visiting Basel in 1524 and who after returning to Hungary and Poland promoted contact between his wealthy patrons and Erasmus.” 1572 - The Correspondence of Erasmus Extremely scarce Erasmus first edition. RBH records only one copy sold at auction by the Sotheby’s in 1974. USTC 684281 Literature: Erasmus D Dalzell A Nauert CG. The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 1535-1657 January-December 1525. Toronto Ont: University of Toronto Press; 1994. [apud Ioannem Frobenium] unknown
