Lot n° 1161

De contemptu mundi epistola.

Estimation : 1800 / 2500
Adjudication : 1800 €
Description
Early ed. of Erasmus’ 1st work, which was only published late in his career (1st Louvain 1521). It is a sincere plea in favour of true monastic life, written at the age of 20, and dedicated to a fictitious “Theodoricus Harlemius”. Title within elaborate woodcut border. 
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