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1520ref. 375736Basel: Froben 1520. First edition printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein printer's device on last page. 150 2 imprint pp. 4to. Eighteenth-century marbled boards ink label. Some toning to spine. Very good fresh copy. First edition printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein printer's device on last page. 150 2 imprint pp. 4to. Ignorantiam esse superbiae matrem. Eruditionem contra modestiam parere. Ignorance is the mother of pride; it is from learning on the contrary that modesty is born. First edition of Antibarbari Erasmus' manifesto "defending the arts against the scruples of the barbarians" Tracy. Erasmus argues for the primacy of poetry among the liberal arts for the importance of critical understanding of the writers of classical antiquity and for appropriating what is good in their work. He is also scornful of rote learning and blind repetition of earlier scholarship where "cuckoo calls to cuckoo". In Petro summus erat ardor fidei in Hieronymino summa doctrina: alterius animum alterius studia imitar. In Peter there was the ardour of faith at its highest; in Jeronme there was learning at its best. It is for you to imitate the spirit if the one and the scholarship of the other. This was a work of very long ripening. Erasmus began the earliest version circa 1490 when he was a newly ordained monk but that manuscript was left behind in his wanderings. Decades later when he came across his earlier work he was at the center of intellectual controversy following publication of of his edition of the New Testament. He revised his Antibarbari to assert the humanist position and Froben published it in May 1520. There were six editions of the work in the early 1520s Froben himself published another edition later the same year and ten editions in his lifetime. "it is ignorance rather than erudtion which makes men insolent" FIRST EDITION OF A KEY WORK BY ERASMUS. VD16 E1997; Valentina Sebastiani Johann Froben Printer of Basel 170; Bibliotheca Erasmiana p. 9; Adams E-463; Bezzel 157. The standard modern text iwith translation by Margaret Mann Phillips˜The Antibarbarians" is in the Toronto Collected Works vol. 23 1978 Froben unknown
1520ref. 375736Basel: Froben 1520. First edition printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein printer's device on last page. 150 2 imprint pp. 4to. Eighteenth-century marbled boards ink label. Some toning to spine. Very good fresh copy. First edition printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein printer's device on last page. 150 2 imprint pp. 4to. Ignorantiam esse superbiae matrem. Eruditionem contra modestiam parere. Ignorance is the mother of pride; it is from learning on the contrary that modesty is born. First edition of Antibarbari Erasmus' manifesto "defending the arts against the scruples of the barbarians" Tracy. Erasmus argues for the primacy of poetry among the liberal arts for the importance of critical understanding of the writers of classical antiquity and for appropriating what is good in their work. He is also scornful of rote learning and blind repetition of earlier scholarship where "cuckoo calls to cuckoo". In Petro summus erat ardor fidei in Hieronymino summa doctrina: alterius animum alterius studia imitar. In Peter there was the ardour of faith at its highest; in Jeronme there was learning at its best. It is for you to imitate the spirit if the one and the scholarship of the other. This was a work of very long ripening. Erasmus began the earliest version circa 1490 when he was a newly ordained monk but that manuscript was left behind in his wanderings. Decades later when he came across his earlier work he was at the center of intellectual controversy following publication of of his edition of the New Testament. He revised his Antibarbari to assert the humanist position and Froben published it in May 1520. There were six editions of the work in the early 1520s Froben himself published another edition later the same year and ten editions in his lifetime. "it is ignorance rather than erudtion which makes men insolent" FIRST EDITION OF A KEY WORK BY ERASMUS. VD16 E1997; Valentina Sebastiani Johann Froben Printer of Basel 170; Bibliotheca Erasmiana p. 9; Adams E-463; Bezzel 157. The standard modern text iwith translation by Margaret Mann Phillips˜The Antibarbarians" is in the Toronto Collected Works vol. 23 1978 Froben unknown books
1522ref. 53365Mainz: J. Schöffer 1522. First Mainz edition. Octavo. 562 2: colophon blankpp. Collation: A-Z8 Mm8 chi2 O4/O5 reversed complete. Title within historiated woodcut border. Woodcut initials throughout. Text in italics. Printed side-glosses. Errata at final text leaf. Contemporary beveled wooden boards backed in tooled pigskin; spine with raised bands. Brass catch and clasp with expert restoration of leather thong. Contemporary manuscript musical scores used as pastedowns at front and back. Seven leather stubbs affixed at front edge as indexes. Occasional faint smudging mostly at margins else text crisp and fresh. A very good copy in a well-preserved sixteenth-century binding with a notable provenance. Scarce very early collective edition of the Latin "Paraphrases" of the Pauline Epistles prepared by the celebrated humanist scholar theologian and educational writer Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam 1466-1536. Preceded by the Froben collective editions of 1520 and 1521 this first and only edition of the Pauline Epistle Paraphrases to be printed at Mainz was issued by Schöffer in two parts each with full title and separate register and pagination; our volume contains the first part only: the Epistles to the Romans; Corinthians 2; Galatians; Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; and Thessalonians 2. "In the vast and sustained labour he devoted to the New Testament Erasmus saw the culmination of his commitment to scholarship. and nothing else he wrote not even the Moriae encomium was to have so great an influence on posterity. The first edition of the New Testament appeared in 1516 and was followed in his lifetime by four more 1518/10 1522 1527 1535 each newly revised. Each consisted of the Greek text Erasmus' translation thereof and a copious apparatus of notes Annotations published as a separate volume. Beginning in 1517 he also published a Paraphrase of all parts of the New Testament save Revelation. Written in smooth and comprehensible Latin it was usually fuller than the original text. If offered his own interpretatiton but often avoided the provocative statements found in the Annotations. From the outset the translation the Annotations and to a lesser degree the Paraphrases drew criticism originally from conservative theologians who found heresies in his humanist philology but soon also from Lutherans and Catholics who denounced him for departures from their respective doctrines" Bietenholz. The Paraphrases were composed between May 1517 and January 1524. "Erasmus began with the Pauline Epistles. The paraphrase of Romans was published in quarto by Dirk Martens in Louvain in November 1517 and reprinted by Erasmus's friend Johann Froben in January of the following year; it sold well and was soon reprinted in octavo. Corinthians was published by Martens in February 1519 and reprinted in Basel by Froben in March; Galatians appeared later that year with editions from both publishers. The remaining Epistles followed in 1520 and 1521 the last to appear being Hebrews. In the autumn of 1521 Erasmus moved from Louvain to Basel and from that time Froben published the first editions of the remaining Paraphrases" Mynors. Our edition was printed by Johann Schöffer the son of Peter Schöffer who was the principal workman of Johannes Gutenberg. Apart from those of the Pauline Epistles the only other complete Paraphrase of Erasmus to be published by Schöffer was that on the Gospel of Matthew also in 1522. He did in 1521 however issue a series of four brief excerpts from the Paraphrases in German translation which appear to highlight provocative exegesis by the great scholar of Rotterdam concerning for example the hypocracy of the Pharisees Matthew 23 or the exhortation to "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me" Matthew 11.29. Provenance and annotations: Contemporary manuscript entry at the title-page of the Benedictine monastery library at Amorbach; contemporary 50-word manuscript note in Latin at the free endleaf facing the title which discusses the present work. Early manuscript note in German at the final blank endleaf. Early leaves with light rubrication in red ink; about twenty leaves with contemporary annotations throughout. Later stamps of the Leiningen Palace Library at the bottom margin of the title and very faintly at the pigskin covers. Bookplate of United Theological Seminary Dayton Ohio noting the gift of Dr. Walter N. Roberts with their vertical entry stamp Mar 28 1963 at the dedication leaf lightly over the left-hand edge of the text but not impairing legibility. Full title and imprint: Paraphrases Eras. Rot. In omnes epistolas Pauli apostoli germanas : et in eam quae est ad Hebraeos incerti autoris cum ijs quae Canonicae uocantur diligenter recognitae excusaeque & ita binos in tomos digestae ut cuique secare in formam enchiridij siuelit liberum sit. References: P.G. Bietenholz Encounters with a Radical Erasmus Univ. Toronto 2009 p.13; R.A.B. Mynors "The Publication of the Latin Paraphrases" in: R.D. Sider ed. New Testament Scholarship: Paraphrases on Romans and Galatians University of Toronto Press 1984 pp. xx-xxix; USTC 682534; Vander Haeghen p.145: Paraphrases in omnes epistolas Pauli. Moguntiae Io. Schoeffer m. augusto 1522 octavo; VD16 E-3379 Berlin; Halle; Leipzig; Wittenberg; Wolfenbüttel. This first part not in Adams but cf. E-795 the second part 378pp. J. Schöffer unknown
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
1522ref. 53365Mainz: J. Schöffer 1522. First Mainz edition. Octavo. 562 2: colophon blankpp. Collation: A-Z8 Mm8 chi2 O4/O5 reversed complete. Title within historiated woodcut border. Woodcut initials throughout. Text in italics. Printed side-glosses. Errata at final text leaf. Contemporary beveled wooden boards backed in tooled pigskin; spine with raised bands. Brass catch and clasp with expert restoration of leather thong. Contemporary manuscript musical scores used as pastedowns at front and back. Seven leather stubbs affixed at front edge as indexes. Occasional faint smudging mostly at margins else text crisp and fresh. A very good copy in a well-preserved sixteenth-century binding with a notable provenance. Scarce very early collective edition of the Latin "Paraphrases" of the Pauline Epistles prepared by the celebrated humanist scholar theologian and educational writer Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam 1466-1536. Preceded by the Froben collective editions of 1520 and 1521 this first and only edition of the Pauline Epistle Paraphrases to be printed at Mainz was issued by Schöffer in two parts each with full title and separate register and pagination; our volume contains the first part only: the Epistles to the Romans; Corinthians 2; Galatians; Ephesians; Philippians; Colossians; and Thessalonians 2. "In the vast and sustained labour he devoted to the New Testament Erasmus saw the culmination of his commitment to scholarship. and nothing else he wrote not even the Moriae encomium was to have so great an influence on posterity. The first edition of the New Testament appeared in 1516 and was followed in his lifetime by four more 1518/10 1522 1527 1535 each newly revised. Each consisted of the Greek text Erasmus' translation thereof and a copious apparatus of notes Annotations published as a separate volume. Beginning in 1517 he also published a Paraphrase of all parts of the New Testament save Revelation. Written in smooth and comprehensible Latin it was usually fuller than the original text. If offered his own interpretatiton but often avoided the provocative statements found in the Annotations. From the outset the translation the Annotations and to a lesser degree the Paraphrases drew criticism originally from conservative theologians who found heresies in his humanist philology but soon also from Lutherans and Catholics who denounced him for departures from their respective doctrines" Bietenholz. The Paraphrases were composed between May 1517 and January 1524. "Erasmus began with the Pauline Epistles. The paraphrase of Romans was published in quarto by Dirk Martens in Louvain in November 1517 and reprinted by Erasmus's friend Johann Froben in January of the following year; it sold well and was soon reprinted in octavo. Corinthians was published by Martens in February 1519 and reprinted in Basel by Froben in March; Galatians appeared later that year with editions from both publishers. The remaining Epistles followed in 1520 and 1521 the last to appear being Hebrews. In the autumn of 1521 Erasmus moved from Louvain to Basel and from that time Froben published the first editions of the remaining Paraphrases" Mynors. Our edition was printed by Johann Schöffer the son of Peter Schöffer who was the principal workman of Johannes Gutenberg. Apart from those of the Pauline Epistles the only other complete Paraphrase of Erasmus to be published by Schöffer was that on the Gospel of Matthew also in 1522. He did in 1521 however issue a series of four brief excerpts from the Paraphrases in German translation which appear to highlight provocative exegesis by the great scholar of Rotterdam concerning for example the hypocracy of the Pharisees Matthew 23 or the exhortation to "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me" Matthew 11.29. Provenance and annotations: Contemporary manuscript entry at the title-page of the Benedictine monastery library at Amorbach; contemporary 50-word manuscript note in Latin at the free endleaf facing the title which discusses the present work. Early manuscript note in German at the final blank endleaf. Early leaves with light rubrication in red ink; about twenty leaves with contemporary annotations throughout. Later stamps of the Leiningen Palace Library at the bottom margin of the title and very faintly at the pigskin covers. Bookplate of United Theological Seminary Dayton Ohio noting the gift of Dr. Walter N. Roberts with their vertical entry stamp Mar 28 1963 at the dedication leaf lightly over the left-hand edge of the text but not impairing legibility. Full title and imprint: Paraphrases Eras. Rot. In omnes epistolas Pauli apostoli germanas : et in eam quae est ad Hebraeos incerti autoris cum ijs quae Canonicae uocantur diligenter recognitae excusaeque & ita binos in tomos digestae ut cuique secare in formam enchiridij siuelit liberum sit. References: P.G. Bietenholz Encounters with a Radical Erasmus Univ. Toronto 2009 p.13; R.A.B. Mynors "The Publication of the Latin Paraphrases" in: R.D. Sider ed. New Testament Scholarship: Paraphrases on Romans and Galatians University of Toronto Press 1984 pp. xx-xxix; USTC 682534; Vander Haeghen p.145: Paraphrases in omnes epistolas Pauli. Moguntiae Io. Schoeffer m. augusto 1522 octavo; VD16 E-3379 Berlin; Halle; Leipzig; Wittenberg; Wolfenbüttel. This first part not in Adams but cf. E-795 the second part 378pp. J. Schöffer unknown books
1643ref. ST20492Lugduni Batavorum Leyden: Bonaventura Elzevier and Abraham Elzevier 1643. Second Elzevier Edition. 137 x 78 mm. 5 1/2 x 3". 12 p.l. 672 44 pp. 2 leaves. ELEGANT EARLY 19TH CENTURY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO VERY ELABORATELY GILT BY BOZERIAN unsigned but see below covers framed by bead-and-star roll enclosed with double gilt fillets leaf tools at corners. smooth spine in compartments with large central fleuron of floral lancets emanating from central circlet in a richly stippled ground small circles at corners one compartment with gilt lettering cresting tulip and violet roll at foot of spine turn-ins with bead-and-star roll marbled endpapers vellum flyleaves all edges gilt. Woodcut initials headpieces and tailpieces numismatic portrait tondo fine engraved title page by C. C. Dusend showing Erasmus gazing through a telescope at the Godly orb seen through parted clouds. Willems 552; Rahir 546; USTC 1027918. For the binding: Culot "Jean Claude Bozerian" Roulette 9 Plate I and Palette 12 Plate X. Just barely perceptible rubbing to joints and extremities one leaf with tiny burn hole affecting a couple of words intermittent minor foxing negligible ink spots here and there other trivial imperfections but an extremely attractive copy the text fresh and clean and the very well-preserved binding with lustrous leather and bright gilt. This is a remarkably pretty copy of an extremely influential but generically elusive work printed by a legendary press and bound by the founder of a celebrated French binding dynasty. First published in 1524 the "Colloquia" comprise 63 conversations originally written for Erasmus' students on varied and overlapping topics but these urbane meditations soon became widely read as they covered subjects that intrigued the important thinkers of the day. Their influence was so profound that it is not saying too much to claim that they helped to speed the Reformation. Although they are difficult to classify precisely one could categorize them as including in general terms exposure of ritualistic fallacies invective against corruption within the church examination of popular imposture deploring of contemporary personal sins practical advice for laymen and miscellaneous discussion of amusing topics. In specific terms the text takes on such controversial topics as the value of pilgrimage celibacy and abstinence from meat on Fridays and other prescribed days. Erasmus' "Colloquia" was frequently published by the Elzeviers once in French and a total of nine times in Latin. The text was universally adopted for school use up through the 18th century. Although our lovely little binding is unsigned Culot firmly identifies its tools as those used by Jean-Claude Bozerian 1762-1840. He was the elder of the Bozerian brothers François is referred to as "le jeune" and was active in Paris from 1795 to about 1810. He began his career in Lyon as an apprentice bookseller printer and bookbinder eventually deciding to focus on the latter craft. Marriage to the widow of binder Pierre Boulier allowed him to establish a binding workshop in Paris where he was joined by his brother. His bindings were soon much in demand by French bibliophiles who appreciated their superior materials tasteful design and flawless execution--all characteristics that are plainly evident in the present case. Bonaventura Elzevier and Abraham Elzevier unknown
1643ref. ST20492Lugduni Batavorum Leyden: Bonaventura Elzevier and Abraham Elzevier 1643. Second Elzevier Edition. 137 x 78 mm. 5 1/2 x 3". 12 p.l. 672 44 pp. 2 leaves. ELEGANT EARLY 19TH CENTURY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO VERY ELABORATELY GILT BY BOZERIAN unsigned but see below covers framed by bead-and-star roll enclosed with double gilt fillets leaf tools at corners. smooth spine in compartments with large central fleuron of floral lancets emanating from central circlet in a richly stippled ground small circles at corners one compartment with gilt lettering cresting tulip and violet roll at foot of spine turn-ins with bead-and-star roll marbled endpapers vellum flyleaves all edges gilt. Woodcut initials headpieces and tailpieces numismatic portrait tondo fine engraved title page by C. C. Dusend showing Erasmus gazing through a telescope at the Godly orb seen through parted clouds. Willems 552; Rahir 546; USTC 1027918. For the binding: Culot "Jean Claude Bozerian" Roulette 9 Plate I and Palette 12 Plate X. Just barely perceptible rubbing to joints and extremities one leaf with tiny burn hole affecting a couple of words intermittent minor foxing negligible ink spots here and there other trivial imperfections but an extremely attractive copy the text fresh and clean and the very well-preserved binding with lustrous leather and bright gilt. This is a remarkably pretty copy of an extremely influential but generically elusive work printed by a legendary press and bound by the founder of a celebrated French binding dynasty. First published in 1524 the "Colloquia" comprise 63 conversations originally written for Erasmus' students on varied and overlapping topics but these urbane meditations soon became widely read as they covered subjects that intrigued the important thinkers of the day. Their influence was so profound that it is not saying too much to claim that they helped to speed the Reformation. Although they are difficult to classify precisely one could categorize them as including in general terms exposure of ritualistic fallacies invective against corruption within the church examination of popular imposture deploring of contemporary personal sins practical advice for laymen and miscellaneous discussion of amusing topics. In specific terms the text takes on such controversial topics as the value of pilgrimage celibacy and abstinence from meat on Fridays and other prescribed days. Erasmus' "Colloquia" was frequently published by the Elzeviers once in French and a total of nine times in Latin. The text was universally adopted for school use up through the 18th century. Although our lovely little binding is unsigned Culot firmly identifies its tools as those used by Jean-Claude Bozerian 1762-1840. He was the elder of the Bozerian brothers François is referred to as "le jeune" and was active in Paris from 1795 to about 1810. He began his career in Lyon as an apprentice bookseller printer and bookbinder eventually deciding to focus on the latter craft. Marriage to the widow of binder Pierre Boulier allowed him to establish a binding workshop in Paris where he was joined by his brother. His bindings were soon much in demand by French bibliophiles who appreciated their superior materials tasteful design and flawless execution--all characteristics that are plainly evident in the present case. Bonaventura Elzevier and Abraham Elzevier unknown books
ref. 136308Leipzig 1880. Samt. shirtingbd. VI 236 s. Portrett. Xylografier. Oversettelse av den engelske utgaven. Tittelbl. litt gulplettet. Navn på portrett v. . Boken befinner seg på et fjernlager og ekstra leveringstid må beregnes! unknown
ref. 70051Leiden Elzeviriana 1643. 24 672 44 s. Kobberstukket tittelbl. Samt. helpergamentbd. Navn på forsatsbl. v. og tittebl. Noen få sider litt fuktskjoldet i margen. . unknown
ref. 2799A Paris Augustin Besoigne, au Palais dans la grande Salle, devant la Cour des Aydes. M. DC. LXX., page de titre, (17), 251pp In12 en plein veau brun, dos à cinq nerfs orné, coiffes abimées, belle patine.
1715ref. mon0000160783Leide: Pierre Vander 1715. 1 vol. 6-1/2" x 4". xviii312pp. title page printed in red and black translated by Sir Gueudeville engraved half-title portrait plate depicting Erasme-Morus-Holbein 6 fold-out plates and 73 illustrations in text. Bound in full speckled calf over cords gilt lettered red morocco spine label hinges rubbed covers firmly attached clean and bright throughout. Leide: Pierre Vander unknown
1950ref. 24.0452México: Fondo de Cultura Económica 1950. 1ª ed. Tela con sobrecubierta. . 17.5x24. Ilustrado con portadas retratos etc. Fondo de Cultura Económica hardcover
1950ref. 23.866México: Fondo de Cultura Económica 1950. 1ª ed. Tela con sobrecubierta. . 17.5x24. Ilustrado con portadas retratos etc. Fondo de Cultura Económica hardcover
1688ref. 49228Cologne disguised; Paris or the Netherlands: Adrian Le Jeune 1688. First edition. Hardcover. Very good . Duodecimo. Collation: aster.12 2aster.6 A-R12 S4 = 226 leaves. 36 415 1 blankpp. Engraved frontispiece and headpiece; woodcut lettrines head- and tailpieces; printed side notes. Contemporary calf mildly worn at extremities; gilt tooled spine with raised bands gilt lettering piece; edges sprinkled in red. Old inscription cropped from top edge title; one leaf with clean marginal tear just extending into text else fine and crisp throughout. First edition of this defense of Jansenism via the celebrated scholar of Rotterdam. Among the works reviewed by Locke for Jean Le Clerc the present title “indicated a new wave of interest in Erasmus” Mansfield. “Jean Richard 1615-1686 wanted to persuade the Roman Catholic Church that in persecuting the Jansenists it was as much in error as it had been when it denounced Erasmus. He also wanted to convince the English monarch that despite appearances to the contrary Erasmus had never adopted any stance outside the Catholic Church” van Herwaarden. The author surely intends the quotation from Cyprian at the verso of the title as a reference to both Erasmians and Jansenists: “This is always the devil’s work to destroy with lies the servants of God and defame their glorious name with false opinions” trans. Mansfield. Early modern reviews were mixed: Bayle considered it a “pity that the author. stopt at the first part of it” General Dictionary 5 1737 “Erasmus” 85 note T. Burigny Vie d’Erasme Paris: 1758 judged it “. so badly done and so filled with invectives and declamations that it does not lead one to wish for the second” 547; quoted in Mansfield 293n. In 1660 the French cleric Jean Richard was imprisoned by the archbishop of Rouen de Harlay a bitter opponent of Jansenism."During this personal crisis he published two works in defense of his Jansenist belief and behaviour. As we shall see there are grounds for believing that his Sentimens. was meant in part at least to achieve the same end. Nevertheless mysteries surround the work: it was published posthumously Richard died in 1686 having been prior of Beaulieu Saint-Avoie since 1673; what we have is the first part and we may only guess at how seriously the promise of a second part was intended. As it stands this is an ill-organized book repetitive with many digressions but filled with a naive enthusiasm and fascinating partly because of the evidences of a sound judgment about Erasmus partly because of the tantalizing but insoluble problem of the author’s aims. The avowed aim was proselytism. The book is dedicated -- on the eve of the Revolution of 1688 -- to James II of England a new Theodosius who is hazarding three kingdoms for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. May it help the English people to follow the king’s example in conversion to Catholicism by showing them the true character of Erasmus’ religion" Mansfield. References: Barbier 4:467. J. v. Herwaarden Between Saint James and Erasmus Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life 598; Jöcher 3:2078; VD17 12:110664Q. For a thorough discussion see B. Mansfield Phoenix of His Age: Interpretations of Erasmus c. 1550–1750 Toronto 1979 163–174. Locke’s review appears in Bibliotheque universelle et historique VII 1688: 106-122. Adrian Le Jeune hardcover
1688ref. 49228Cologne disguised; Paris or the Netherlands: Adrian Le Jeune 1688. First edition. Hardcover. Very good . Duodecimo. Collation: aster.12 2aster.6 A-R12 S4 = 226 leaves. 36 415 1 blankpp. Engraved frontispiece and headpiece; woodcut lettrines head- and tailpieces; printed side notes. Contemporary calf mildly worn at extremities; gilt tooled spine with raised bands gilt lettering piece; edges sprinkled in red. Old inscription cropped from top edge title; one leaf with clean marginal tear just extending into text else fine and crisp throughout. First edition of this defense of Jansenism via the celebrated scholar of Rotterdam. Among the works reviewed by Locke for Jean Le Clerc the present title “indicated a new wave of interest in Erasmus” Mansfield. “Jean Richard 1615-1686 wanted to persuade the Roman Catholic Church that in persecuting the Jansenists it was as much in error as it had been when it denounced Erasmus. He also wanted to convince the English monarch that despite appearances to the contrary Erasmus had never adopted any stance outside the Catholic Church” van Herwaarden. The author surely intends the quotation from Cyprian at the verso of the title as a reference to both Erasmians and Jansenists: “This is always the devil’s work to destroy with lies the servants of God and defame their glorious name with false opinions” trans. Mansfield. Early modern reviews were mixed: Bayle considered it a “pity that the author. stopt at the first part of it” General Dictionary 5 1737 “Erasmus” 85 note T. Burigny Vie d’Erasme Paris: 1758 judged it “. so badly done and so filled with invectives and declamations that it does not lead one to wish for the second” 547; quoted in Mansfield 293n. In 1660 the French cleric Jean Richard was imprisoned by the archbishop of Rouen de Harlay a bitter opponent of Jansenism."During this personal crisis he published two works in defense of his Jansenist belief and behaviour. As we shall see there are grounds for believing that his Sentimens. was meant in part at least to achieve the same end. Nevertheless mysteries surround the work: it was published posthumously Richard died in 1686 having been prior of Beaulieu Saint-Avoie since 1673; what we have is the first part and we may only guess at how seriously the promise of a second part was intended. As it stands this is an ill-organized book repetitive with many digressions but filled with a naive enthusiasm and fascinating partly because of the evidences of a sound judgment about Erasmus partly because of the tantalizing but insoluble problem of the author’s aims. The avowed aim was proselytism. The book is dedicated -- on the eve of the Revolution of 1688 -- to James II of England a new Theodosius who is hazarding three kingdoms for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. May it help the English people to follow the king’s example in conversion to Catholicism by showing them the true character of Erasmus’ religion" Mansfield. References: Barbier 4:467. J. v. Herwaarden Between Saint James and Erasmus Studies in Late-Medieval Religious Life 598; Jöcher 3:2078; VD17 12:110664Q. For a thorough discussion see B. Mansfield Phoenix of His Age: Interpretations of Erasmus c. 1550–1750 Toronto 1979 163–174. Locke’s review appears in Bibliotheque universelle et historique VII 1688: 106-122. Adrian Le Jeune hardcover books
ref. 76645Ulm Sumptibus Danielis Bartholomaei Litteris Christiani Ulrici Wagneri 1712. Ganzpergament gebunden; ehemals goldgeprägtes Rückenschild / Anz. Seiten: 12 unnummerierte 869 22 unnum. 88 / 12 x 183 cm / mit 1 Titelkupfer / Zustand: gut leichte bis mässige Alters-/Gebrauchsspuren; Einband berieben und fleckig oberes Kapital eingerissen unteres Aussengelenk auf 5 cm geplatzt Papier gebräunt und durchwegs stock- fleckig Ulm, Sumptibus Danielis Bartholomaei, Litteris Christiani Ulrici Wagneri, 1712 unknown
ref. 107057København 1650. 4to. Samt. rødt helfløyelsbd. 42 bl. Tittelbl. trykt i rødt og sort. Kobberstukne portretter av Fredrik III og dronning Sophia Amalia. Eksemplar på stort papir. Bindet litt slitt. Tittelbl. og noen bl. med svak fuktskjold i øvre høyre hjørne. . unknown
1923ref. 98477London:: Chapman & Dodd. Very Good. 1923. Hardcover. This copy is from the personal library of the late Madeleine L'Engle 1963 Newbery Award winner for her now classic young adult fantasy novel A WRINKLE IN TIME and bears her handwritten name Madeleine L'Engle Camp her maiden name on the front paste-down. Number XVII in The Abbey Classics series. Translated from the Latin by Sir Roger L'Estrange. Introduction by Charles Whibley. First edition thus. Fading along the spine else very good in blue cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine. No dust jacket. ; 257 pages . Chapman & Dodd, hardcover books
1993ref. PHILOSOP5611560719Paris, Droz, "Travaux d'Humanisme et Renaissance" n° CCLXXII, 1993, 17,5 x 25, 308 pages sous reliure éditeur toilée.
1907ref. 372094Boston: The Merrymount Press 1907. First edition one of 303 copies. Volume II in the Humanists' Library edited by Lewis Einstein. Text printed in red and black. Types and decorations by Herbert P. Horne. xxxiv 64 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Tan cloth and dark grey paper boards leather spine label gilt. Tiny paper flaw in flyleaf. Fine copy. First edition one of 303 copies. Volume II in the Humanists' Library edited by Lewis Einstein. Text printed in red and black. Types and decorations by Herbert P. Horne. xxxiv 64 2 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Attractive copy of this excellent essay by Erasmus printed by Daniel Berkeley Updike edited by Lewis Einstein 1877-1967 Columbia grad class of 1898 who had a long and distinguished career as a diplomat and historian. Smith 282. Provenance: General Theological Seminary gift of Mrs. F. Ashton bookplate. Smith 282. Provenance: General Theological Seminary gift of Mrs. F. Ashton bookplate The Merrymount Press hardcover
Geève, Libr. Droz, 1970, in-8, br. edit., pp. nuemrate da 447 a 466. Testo in inglese.
1757ref. 310656Frankfurt: J.A. Raspe 1757. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits. 8 373; 2 448 pp. 8vo. Later vellum. Faint browning a nice copy. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits. 8 373; 2 448 pp. 8vo. Later edition of this famous collection of humanist satirical letters illustrated with 12 full-page portraits of prominent humanists. A note in OCLC comments on the long running authorship debate: "Authorship of the Epistolae formerly attributed to Reuchlin Erasmus Hutten and others. More recent researches have made it almost certain that Crotus Rubeanus and Ulrich von Hutten were the main contributors. To Crotus are credited the first 41 letters: to Hutten the 7 letters added later to the original series and most of the 62 letters of the second series with the possible co-operation of a third person Hermann von dem Busche. The authorship of the rest remains doubtful J.A. Raspe unknown
1757ref. 310656Frankfurt: J.A. Raspe 1757. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits. 8 373; 2 448 pp. 8vo. Later vellum. Faint browning a nice copy. Illustrated with 12 engraved portraits. 8 373; 2 448 pp. 8vo. Later edition of this famous collection of humanist satirical letters illustrated with 12 full-page portraits of prominent humanists. A note in OCLC comments on the long running authorship debate: "Authorship of the Epistolae formerly attributed to Reuchlin Erasmus Hutten and others. More recent researches have made it almost certain that Crotus Rubeanus and Ulrich von Hutten were the main contributors. To Crotus are credited the first 41 letters: to Hutten the 7 letters added later to the original series and most of the 62 letters of the second series with the possible co-operation of a third person Hermann von dem Busche. The authorship of the rest remains doubtful J.A. Raspe unknown books
ref. 9a647Barbou London und Paris. 1777. XVI/169 S./XXVIII/204 S. mit einer Titelkupfertafel von H. Gravelot nach de Longueit original Ledereinband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken und Filetten etwas berieben und bestossen/Rücken mit kleiner Fehlstelle/oberes Kapital ausgebrochen. - Desiderii Erasmi & Thomae Mori Joco-Seria id est stultitiae Laudatio Utopia Insula - unknown
