Live auction - Lot 750
Magni Des. Erasmi Roterodami vita [...].
Leiden, J. Maire, 1642
Hammer price: €
80
€ 120 / 150
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Lot description
12mo: [36]-394 pp. (min. browning).
Contemp. gilt-ruled calf, spine with raised bands, red sp. edges (corners rubbed, spine def.).
Reissue of the 1615 ed. of a scarce little volume with Erasmus' autobiographical texts and an anthology of important letters, collected and edited by P. Scriverius. Engr. front. by C.V. Dalen with Erasmus standing in a church. Circular woodcut portrait of Erasmus on *8v.
Ref. STCN.
Prov. James Veith, Lord Eliock (1712-1793), Scottish advocate, judge, politician and landowner (arm. bookpl.). - Stamp.