Live auction - Lot 749
’t Handt-boeckjen van den christelijcke ridder, of Oeffen-Schole van een christelijck soldaet [...].
Haarlem, Th. Fonteyn for D. P. Pers (Amsterdam), 1645
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
12mo: [8]-382-[4]-98-[5-7 bl.] pp. (toned, marg. staining esp. in top inner margin of final ff., tear in f. A9).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (soiled). Good copy.
Repr. of the 1636 ed. of the translation of Erasmus’ "Enchiridion militis christiani" by the poet and publisher Dirck Pietersz Pers (1581-1659). Pt. 2 ("Het Vader-Onse") is a commentary on the Pater Noster. Engr. portrait of Erasmus on 1st title. Woodcut mark on part-title. Printed in Gothic type. Printed music (pp. 382-383).
Ref. BB II:825-826:E-1097. - STCN.