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Sale 2683 - Lot 10

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
Erasmus (d. 1536)
Apophthegmes, that is to saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentencious Sayinges.

London: Richard Grafton, 1542.

First edition in English, octavo; translated by Nicolas Udall, lacking the title page (supplied in facsimile on wove paper); text in black letter; blank Y6 present at end, lacking the final two blank leaves; bound in full calf, period style; despite missing the title page, contents nicely preserved in a nicely-executed modern binding; 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.

STC 10443.

Rasmussen-Hines Collection of Shakespeare & Renaissance Literature.
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