Lot 1239
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In omneis Psalmos commentarij, iuxta pij atque eruditi D. Erasmi Roterodami in autorem praefatio ad Adrianum. VI. Pon. Max.
ARNOBIUS, Jr.
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Lot description
Cologne, E. Cervicornus, 1532
8vo: [224] ff.
Contemp. blind-stamped calf over wood (rebacked with remains of old spine, old repairs), covers with images of Paris, Pallas, Iuno and Venus, bevelled edges. Good copy.
Early Cologne ed. of Erasmus' ed. of the commentary on Psalms ascribed to Arnobius Jr. (1st Basel 1522), and dedicated to Pope Adrian VI with a long (12 ff.) letter, dated 1 August 1522 (Allen 1304). Woodcut mark on title; A1r within woodcut borders. Apparently no copy in Belgian libraries.
Ref. Erasmus Online 3849. - VD16 B-3148. - Vanderhaeghen II:10. - Cat. Rotterdam 236. - Not in Adams, De Reuck, Machiels, BL etc.