Lot n° 1158

Catalogus omnium Erasmi Roterodami lucubrationum, ipso auctore, cum aliis nonnullis.

Estimation : 5000 / 8000
Adjudication : Invendu
Description
Very rare 1st edition of Erasmus' "autobibliography" consisting of : 1. The famous autobiographical letter to Johann Botzheim (1 Febr. 1523 - Allen I, pp. 1-46). 2. A similar letter, to Marcus Laurinus at Bruges (1 Febr. 1523 - Allen 1342). 3. A letter to the Louvain theologians (Allen 1301). 4. The "Libellus Jacobi Ziegleri (…) aduersus Jacobi Stunicae maledicentiam, pro Germania". Title within elaborate woodcut border by Hans Holbein (repeated on f8r). 4 ff. within a woodcut border. Large woodcut mark at the end. In italics. Old bookpl. J.B. Verdussen = Antwerp publisher and collector, 1698-1773. Collector's name on t.-p.
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