Lot n° 1194

NESEN, Konrad Eruditi advlescentis Chonradi Nastadiensis Germani Dialogus sane quam festiuus bilinguium ac trilinguium, siue de funere Calliopes. 1520Basel,J. Froben,4to, mod. goldtooled dark morocco, flat spine, [7] ff. (lacking final blank, some...

Estimation : 600 / 800
Adjudication : 2000 €
Description
holes and sm. def. repaired, paper age-toned, occ. staining). Good copy.
Extr. rare ed. (5th recorded copy?) of this satirical dialogue by the German humanist K. Nesen (1495-1560) on the opposition of the Louvain theologians against the teaching of Greek and Hebrew (Collegium Trilingue!). In Louvain rumor had it that Erasmus must have been its true author.
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