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Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)

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£ 5 000
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09.12.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 137 | Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)

A sammelband of six works. 1516-1518

ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466-1536). De duplici copia verborum ac rerum commentarii duo. Basel: Johann Froben, 1517. [Bound with:] – Querela pacis. Basel: Johann Froben, 1518. [and:] – Bellum. Basel: Johann Froben, 1517. [and:] – Sileni alcibiadis. Basel: Johann Froben, 1517. [and:] AENEAS OF GAZA (d. c. 518). De immortalitate animae. Basel: Johann Froben, 1516. [and:] FORTEGUERRI, Scipione (1466-1515). Scipionis carteromachi pistoriensis oratio de laudibus literarum Graecerum. Basel: Johann Froben, 1517.



The Dyson Perrins copy of a Sammelband of six rare editions printed by Johann Froben, including four works by Erasmus. It includes the first separate editions of two important Erasmus publications, Bellum, a treatise on the adage ‘Dulce bellum inexpertis’, and Sileni alcibiadis, on the need for church reform. The title-page of the fifth work in the volume, De immortalitate animae, includes a delightful woodcut border illustrating the story of Mucius Scaevola and King Porsenna after a design by Hans Holbein. Bezzel 742, 1668, 134, 150; Adams A-246; USTC 692594.



6 works in one volume, quarto (209 x 163mm). 7 impressions of 5 woodcut borders, 6 woodcut impressions of 3 devices, woodcut initials, some woodcuts with contemporary hand colour; the 1st part of Sileni alcibiadis bound after the 2nd (small wormholes touching some letters, heavier in final 2 works, some light spotting, a few leaves in final work stained in margin). 20th-century brown panelled morocco, spine lettered in gilt, edges gilt (corners lightly rubbed). Provenance: early marginalia occasionally trimmed – Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864–1958; sale Sotheby’s, 10 March 1947, Lot 613).

Genre:Religious genre
Place of origin:Switzerland
Category:Book
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