Accession number
PML 196681.1
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Published
Basileae : Apud Io[hann] Frob[en], mense Octobri, an M.D.XXI [1521].
Credit line
Gift of William Zachs, 2017.
Notes
"Apud inclytam Basileam."
Publisher's name from colophon.
Title within ornamental woodcut border by Hans Holbein; p. 3 also within woodcut border; printer's device on verso of final leaf; initials.
Text in roman, commentary in italic print.
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-B⁸ C⁴ D⁸.
Includes index.
Publisher's name from colophon.
Title within ornamental woodcut border by Hans Holbein; p. 3 also within woodcut border; printer's device on verso of final leaf; initials.
Text in roman, commentary in italic print.
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-B⁸ C⁴ D⁸.
Includes index.
Description
419, [1] pages ; 18.5 x 13 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotations: Marginal and interlinear notations in a contemporary hand throughout first-half of Moriae encomium. Manuscript titles on fore edge.
Provenance
Michael Richey (1678-1761), signature, 1725 (leaf a1r); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of William Zacks, Feb. 2017.
Binding
Sixteenth-century blind-tooled brown calf over paper boards (18.5 x 13 cm.), sewn on 3 supports.
Classification
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Department