Accession number
PML 151237
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Published
Basileæ : Typis Genathianis, M. DC. LXXVI. [i.e. 1676]
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Added t.p., engraved, Mōrias enkōmion (romanized). Stvltitiae Lavs. Des. Erasmi Rot. Declamatio. Figvris Holbenianis adornata. Basiliae. M.DC LXXVI [1676] H. Holbein Delin. C.M. Sculp.
Signatures: a-e⁸, A-Y⁸ ($⁵, -K$¹-²,⁵ signed).
Very early engraving, "Hunting hare & deer," by Holbein, p. 86, with note inscribed and laid in at front.
In Latin with marginal notes also in Greek and Hebrew.
Woodcut initials, folded plates, ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, printer's device.
Eight illustrations (7 folded) tipped into blank spots in text or over faint block in text.
Inscribed (5 lines) on flyleaf facing engraved t.p. and also on t.p. verso
Originally shelved in a 3-sectioned box case with PML 152485, Erasmus. Twenty two select colloquies ... Third imp., corr. and amended by Sir Roger L'Estrange, London: Printed for R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh...1699; and PML 152486 Erasmus. Colloquia latina: adapted from Erasmus with notes & vocabulary by G.M. Edwards. Cambridge: University Press, 1907. This work is now separately shelved.
Signatures: a-e⁸, A-Y⁸ ($⁵, -K$¹-²,⁵ signed).
Very early engraving, "Hunting hare & deer," by Holbein, p. 86, with note inscribed and laid in at front.
In Latin with marginal notes also in Greek and Hebrew.
Woodcut initials, folded plates, ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, printer's device.
Eight illustrations (7 folded) tipped into blank spots in text or over faint block in text.
Inscribed (5 lines) on flyleaf facing engraved t.p. and also on t.p. verso
Originally shelved in a 3-sectioned box case with PML 152485, Erasmus. Twenty two select colloquies ... Third imp., corr. and amended by Sir Roger L'Estrange, London: Printed for R. Sare & H. Hindmarsh...1699; and PML 152486 Erasmus. Colloquia latina: adapted from Erasmus with notes & vocabulary by G.M. Edwards. Cambridge: University Press, 1907. This work is now separately shelved.
Description
[80], 336, [12] p. (last page blank) : ill. (some folded, part. mounted), ports. ; 20 cm
Provenance
Ownership inscription on verso of front cover, Hunc librum ... Vilhelmo Toller ; from the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Contemporary vellum.
Classification
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