Seneca (Lucius Annaeus): Opera, per Des. Erasmum Roterod. & Matthaeum Fortunatum emendata, Basle, [J. Hervagius, c. 1541], folio, Roman letter, Hervgasius's device of Mercury on title and final leaf, historiated intials (title soiled at lower margin and with ownership inscriptions erased, g4 cleanly torn and crudely-repaired, some browning), 17th-century vellum (slightly wormed) [Adams S885; Schweiger II, 907; STC of German Books 809; Dibdin II, 395] -- Hegesippus. Historia de Bello Iudaico, Scepteri Sublatione, Judaeorum Dispersione, [ed. Faber Stapulensis], Paris, Badius Ascensius, 1510, folio, first edition, Roman letter, rubricated, Badius's device of a printing press on title, criblé initials (erased ownership inscription on title, margins rather soiled throughout, lacking final [?] blank), modern calf. [Renouard, Badius Ascensius II, 486; Brunet III, 80; Buchberger V, 870; Ebert 9362; Graesse III, 231; BMC of French Books 217] (2)

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Seneca (Lucius Annaeus): Opera, per Des. Erasmum Roterod. & Matthaeum Fortunatum emendata, Basle, [J. Hervagius, c. 1541], folio, Roman letter, Hervgasius's device of Mercury on title and final leaf, historiated intials (title soiled at lower margin and with ownership inscriptions erased, g4 cleanly torn and crudely-repaired, some browning), 17th-century vellum (slightly wormed) [Adams S885; Schweiger II, 907; STC of German Books 809; Dibdin II, 395] -- Hegesippus. Historia de Bello Iudaico, Scepteri Sublatione, Judaeorum Dispersione, [ed. Faber Stapulensis], Paris, Badius Ascensius, 1510, folio, first edition, Roman letter, rubricated, Badius's device of a printing press on title, criblé initials (erased ownership inscription on title, margins rather soiled throughout, lacking final [?] blank), modern calf. [Renouard, Badius Ascensius II, 486; Brunet III, 80; Buchberger V, 870; Ebert 9362; Graesse III, 231; BMC of French Books 217] (2)

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Erasmus edited Seneca's works in 1515, and revised the edition in 1529, professing to correct four thousand errors in former impressions. The second editor was the Hungarian humanist Matthaeus Fortunatus, who used the resources of Paduan and Venetian libraries in his reserach on Seneca to correct mistakes in the 1515 edition. Their joint work is recognised in this edition of 1540. Hegesippus's work, edited by the French humanist Lefevre d'Etaples, is based on Josephus with additions from other sources. Ascensius printed two further editions in 1512 and 1524.

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