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ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466-1536). De contemptu mundi. Translated into English by Thomas Paynel. London: In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti, 1533.
Small 8° (137 x 87mm). Collation: A-L8 (appears to lack M1 = a table at end, only present in some copies). 19th-century brown morocco gilt by Bedford. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate.
The second of only two editions of this translation 'Of the contempt of the World', the first having appeared in 1532? (only 2 copies known). STC 10471 (records 8 copies, including the present). Heading on A5. in 3 lines. Only the B.L., Folger and Huntington copies seem to have the table at M1. Devereux, English Translations of Erasmus (Oxford 1968) C.36.2.
Small 8° (137 x 87mm). Collation: A-L8 (appears to lack M1 = a table at end, only present in some copies). 19th-century brown morocco gilt by Bedford. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate.
The second of only two editions of this translation 'Of the contempt of the World', the first having appeared in 1532? (only 2 copies known). STC 10471 (records 8 copies, including the present). Heading on A5. in 3 lines. Only the B.L., Folger and Huntington copies seem to have the table at M1. Devereux, English Translations of Erasmus (Oxford 1968) C.36.2.