Live auction - Lot 915
De duplici copia, uerborum ac reru(m), co(m)mentarij duo. Erasmi de ratione studij, dequ(e) pueris instituendis commentariolus [...]. Erasmi de laudib(us) literariae societatis Reipub(licae) ac magistratuu(m) urbis Arge(n)tinae, epistola [...].
Cologne, J. Soter, February 1522
€ 1.000 / 1.500
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Lot description
8vo: [16]-186 (= 190)-[2] pp. (cut sl. short, marg. soiling and spotting).
Mod. boards covered with a rubricated incunable leaf. Good copy.
Extremely rare Cologne ed. of some of Erasmus’ educational writings (7th recorded copy). On verso of title Erasmus’ dedication (from Antwerp, 1516) to the German humanist Willem Nesen (1492-1524), at the time an active student in Louvain (from 1517 in the famous Collegium Trilingue). Title within elaborate woodcut border. Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. VD-16 E-2661. - Erasmus Online 1436. - Bezzel 751. - Ind. Aurel. 161.942. - Machiels E-348. - Not in Adams, BnF, De Reuck, STC German (BL).