Lot no. 29
ERASMUS. Epitome chiliadum adagiorum. Cologne, Eucharius Cervicornus for Gottfried Hittorp, s.d. [1523]. - Parabolarum, seu Similium liber elegantissimus. Strasbourg, Johann Knoblauch, 1521. - Opus de conscribendis epistolis. Ibid, 1522. 3 works in one volume, in-8, saddle-skin over bevelled wooden boards, double framed with fillets and cold scrolls, three-ribbed spine, metal clasps (Germanic binding of the period). Precious collection of three rare editions of Erasmus.
The first is an abridgement of the Adages by Adriaan van Baerland.
A very fine copy in a fresh contemporary Germanic binding.
See original version (French) Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
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