Lot n° 239

(Religion, Bible) - Erasmus, Desiderius.- In Evangelium secundum Joannem. Paraphrasis [...], ad illustrissimum principem Ferdinandum [- In Acta apostolorum [...]]. Basileae [Bâle], [apud Hieronymum Frobenium & Nicolaum Episcopium], 1548. 2 parts...

Estimation : 120 / 150
Adjudication : 150 €
Description
with continued pagination in 1 vol. in-8° : 1073/1647-[1] pp. (handwritten provenances crossed off the title-page, dampstains, some large, copy slightly yellowed). Contemporary binding : sprinkled sheepskin, boards encircled with 3 blind fillets, gilt decorated ribbed spine (joints partly split, upper turn in lacking, some scratches, joints lightly rubbed, edges and corners dulled, two corners strongly, label on the upper pastedown). Erasmus' paraphrases of the Gospel of John and the Acts of the Apostles (without notes on Matthew, Mark and Luke), part of the first volume of his commentaries in 2 volumes on all the New Testament (1st ed. : 1521-1524). Work decorated with some ornemental initial letters, one figuring the portrait of the Roman Empress Lollia Paulina and with four marks of Froben (2 large). # Adams E-736 (entire work); # Machiels E-580 (id.); # USTC 698687; # VD16 E-3364; # not in Soltész. ^ Paraphrases d'Érasme sur l'Évangile de Jean et les Actes des Apôtres, faisant partie du premier volume de ses commentaires sur le Nouveau Testament. Pleine basane mouchetée (mouill., qqs- unes larges, qqs us. à la rel.).
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