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Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusq. linguae scriptoribus per Des. Erasmum Roterodamum collectorum libri octo.

Accession number
PML 125063
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Published
Lugduni : Apud Seb. Gryphium, 1556.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1988-9.
Notes
The prefatory letter is dated Feb. 26, 1531.
Reprint of Gryphius' ed. of 1548. Cf. Baudrier.
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-X⁸ Y⁴.
Includes indexes.
Description
672, [40] p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Provenance
"Joannes Ramey" inscription on title page. From the library of the Ramey family (16th-cen. France).
Binding
Contemporary leather (calf?) over paperboards, blind and gold tooled; manuscript waste; evidence of paper spine label; edges colored yellow.
Classification
Department