Flores sive Sententiae insigniores excerptae per D. Erasmum Roterod. Item L. Annaei Senecae Tragici Sententiae.

Amsterdam, L. Elzevier, 1642

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12mo: 336 pp. (toned, some spotting or dampstaining).

Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, blue edges. Good copy.

Anthology of quotations from Seneca by Erasmus, 1st publ. 1528. Engr. title by C. Duysend. 1st of 2 editions of same year ("mérite la préférence" - Willems).
Ref. Willems 990. - Erasmus Online 4696. - STCN.
Prov. Ms. entry on verso of title. Library stamp.
Joined: 1. Enarratio triplex in Psalmum XXII. Leiden, J. Maire, 1645. 12mo: 138-[2 bl.] pp. (toned and spotted). 19th-c. gilt calf by Koehler, covers with triple gilt border, spine with morocco label, gilt inside dentelles (front cover loose). Large paper copy, partly uncut. Ref. Breugelmans (Maire) 1645:4. Prov. Ch. Pieters, Georges Montandon, Ch. van der Elst (3 bookpl.). - 2. De sarcienda ecclesiae concordia. Ibid., 1642. [8]-176-[2 bl.] pp. Contemp. vellum. Ref. Breugelmans 1642:6. (3 vol.)