Live auction - Lot 1167
[Erasmus]
Magni Des. Erasmi vita, partim ab ipsomet Erasmo, partim ab amicis auqualibus fideliter descripta. Accedunt epistolae illustres [...], P. Scriverii, & fautorum auspiciis.
Leiden, G. Basson, 1615
Hammer price: €
140
€ 120 / 160
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Lot description
12mo: [24]-286-[2 bl.] pp. (toned).
Contemp. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink, blue edges (sl. soiled). Good copy.
Enl. ed. (1st 1607) of the biography of Erasmus compiled from his writings and letters by P. Scriverius (1576-1660). Circular woodcut portrait (*5r). On 1st flyleaf a few Latin verses on Erasmus copied by a 17th-c. hand.
Ref. Erasmus Online 3649. - Bögels (Basson) 41.6.6. - STCN.
Prov. Libr. stamp.