LUCIANUS Piscator, seu reuiuiscentes [Latin trsl. from the Greek] Wilibald Pirckheimer [and] PIRCKHEIMER, Wilibald - Epistola apologetica. 2 October 1517Nürnberg,F. Peypus,4to, mod. limp boards, [26] ff. (somewhat browning, def. at top border of...
Estimation :
400 / 500
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1000 €
Description
title underlaid). Good copy.
Only ed. of the Latin trsl. of a dialogue of the Greek satirist Lucian (2nd c. A.D.) by the Nürnberg humanist W. Pirckheimer (1470-1530). It is accompanied by a long defense of the Hebrew scholar Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522). Reuchlin had been vehemently attacked by J. Pfefferkorn (1469-1521), who wanted to suppress all Hebrew writings. To Pirckheimer Reuchlin was the archtype of the ideal theologian. Title within elaborate border. Larger woodcut mark at end. Cont. ms. notes to the Lucianus text.
Only ed. of the Latin trsl. of a dialogue of the Greek satirist Lucian (2nd c. A.D.) by the Nürnberg humanist W. Pirckheimer (1470-1530). It is accompanied by a long defense of the Hebrew scholar Johann Reuchlin (1455-1522). Reuchlin had been vehemently attacked by J. Pfefferkorn (1469-1521), who wanted to suppress all Hebrew writings. To Pirckheimer Reuchlin was the archtype of the ideal theologian. Title within elaborate border. Larger woodcut mark at end. Cont. ms. notes to the Lucianus text.
