ERASMUS, Desiderius. Moriae encomium, with commentary by Gerhard Listrius, -- Epistola apologetica ad Martinum Dorpium, -- L. A. SENECA. De morte Claudii Caesaris, -- SYNESIUS. De laudibus caluicii, with commentary by Beatus Rhenanus on Seneca and Synesius, Basel: Johann Froben, November 1519, 4°, full woodcut title border by Urs Graf, woodcut border in 6 parts to a2r, Froben woodcut at end (some shoulder notes and second border shaved, occasional light staining, s3 and s4 misbound between quires t and u, resewn), 19th-century vellum-backed boards, orange leather lettering-pieces (scuffed). [Vander Haeghen vii, 478]

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ERASMUS, Desiderius. Moriae encomium, with commentary by Gerhard Listrius, -- Epistola apologetica ad Martinum Dorpium, -- L. A. SENECA. De morte Claudii Caesaris, -- SYNESIUS. De laudibus caluicii, with commentary by Beatus Rhenanus on Seneca and Synesius, Basel: Johann Froben, November 1519, 4°, full woodcut title border by Urs Graf, woodcut border in 6 parts to a2r, Froben woodcut at end (some shoulder notes and second border shaved, occasional light staining, s3 and s4 misbound between quires t and u, resewn), 19th-century vellum-backed boards, orange leather lettering-pieces (scuffed). [Vander Haeghen vii, 478]

Provenance

Occasional annotations in an early hand; ownership inscriptions of Jo. Viviani and John Burns.

Lot Essay

This follows the Froben edition of 1515, which was the first to add the letter by Erasmus to Dorpius.

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