309 / 416
309
spine on 3 raised bands with paper labels (head def.), yellow edges. Excellent, well-preserved copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 4500/6000
1.
Very rare early ed. of one of Erasmus’ Latin textbooks, with the dedicatory letter to the publisher
(Allen 311) in 1st ed. With verses in praise of Erasmus by i.a. Sebastian Brant, with letters to
John Colet, J. Wimpfeling and P. Gillis.
The Parabolae in editio princeps
. Cont. ms. mark “TR”
on title, ms. notes and Latin quotations on title and in margins (occ. extensive), red underlinings.
Ref.
VD-16 E-2645. Ind. Aurel. 161.430-31. Erasmus Online 2766. Adams E-318 & E-716. Bezzel
738. Muller 133-134. Not in De Reuck. -
2.
Early ed. (1st Schürer ed. 1506) of the most popular
work of Erasmus’ Italian friend F. Andrelini (1462-1518), often used in teaching Latin epistolary
style.
Ref.
VD-16 2780. Ind. Aurel. 105.483. Benzing 48. Muller 94. Tournoy-Thoen 172:27. Not in
Adams, BnF, BL. -
3.
Very rare German ed. of a typical humanist work of Fr. Filelfo (1398-1481), a
collection of elegant essays on various topics. Hist was one of the 1st German printers, active 1483-
1515. In gothic type. Capital spaces with guide-letters.
Ref.
VD-16 F-1018. STC German (BL) 303.
Not in Adams. -
4.
Early ed. of the original version of Erasmus’ most influential work. Title in red
& black within woodcut borders.
Ref.
VD-16 E-1919. Ind. Aurel. 161.541. Erasmus Online 38. B.B.
II:279 E-69. Bezzel 57. Muller 251. Not in Adams, BnF, BL, De Reuck.
~ Very rare editio princeps - no copy in Antwerp nor NUC ~
1069 ERASMUS
- De sarcienda ecclesiae concordia [and] Precatio pro pace ecclesiae. Antwerp, Michiel
Hillen, 1533, 8vo, mod. boards covered with an incunable leaf, old red speckeled edges, [56] ff.
(single unobtrusive wormhole in 1st quires and last lvs). Very good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 5000/7000
First edition
of Erasmus’ plea for Church unity, dedicated to Julius Pflug of Eytra (1499-1564).
He was the last Catholic bishop of Naumburg and shared Erasmus’ concern of irenicism. Added in
a short
Precatio pro pace ecclesiae
, dedicated to the Cologne professor of law Johann Rinck (d.
1566). Woodcut mark on G8v (B.B. s.v. no. 2).
Ref.
Erasmus Online 2340. Pettegree NB 11497. Ind.
Aurel. 162.646. NK 798. Adams E-616 (1). Not in Bezzel, NUC.
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