ERASMUS, Desiderius. De Recta Latini Graecique Sermonis Pronuntiatione, [colophon Y5r: Freiburg, September 1529], 8°, italic type (affected by damp, title somewhat soiled, clean tear to H8, verso of L4 with old ink stains, V7 holed with slight loss and repaired, X8 soiled on verso), CONTEMPORARY BLIND-STAMPED CALF, covers depicting the female figure of Hope standing on a plinth and looking upwards at the cross, within triple fillet frame in blind, copiously lettered in Latin, with the plinth marked "Fides," the figure "Spes," the cross "Meritum Christi," and quotations from Psalm 70 and Psalm 90, the latter within four sides of the border (rebacked, corners rubbed); sold as a binding not subject to return. [this edition not in Adams]