Live auction - Lot 825
Dilucida et pia explanatio Symboli quod apostolorum dicitur, decalogi praeceptorum, et dominicae praecationis [...].
[Magdeburg, M. Lotter], 1534
€ 800 / 1.200
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Lot description
8vo: 159 ff. (final blank missing, title remargined and mended, sm. worm holes on 2nd half, a few contemp. underlinings and remarks).
Mod. boards. Good copy.
Rare Magdeburg ed. of Erasmus' Commentary on the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments and the Lord's Prayer (1st ed.: 1533). With a dedicatory letter (Allen 2775, dated [March] 1533) to Thomas Boleyn (1477-1539), father of Anne Boleyn (whom Henry VIII had secretly married two months earlier). Title with typical Renaissance architectural border.
Ref. VD16 E-2626. - EOL 2180. - Adams E-356. - USTC 637590.
Prov. Ms. entry (?) removed.