Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 88

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
Erasmus, Desiderius (d. 1536)
Moriae Encomium, id est, Stulticiae Laudatio, Ludicra Declamatione Tractata, [and other short works].

Basel: Froben [apud Hieronymum Frobenium & Nicolaum Episcopium], 1551.

Octavo, Moriae Encomium edited with shoulder notes by Gerardus Listrius ( fl. 1523-1546), text in roman and italic type, and Greek, with index, and including the following works: Epistola Apologetica Erasmi Roterodami ad Martinu[m] Dorpiu[m] Theologu[m]; Ludus L. Annei Senecae, De Morte Claudij Ca[e]saris, edited by Beatus Rhenanus; and Synesius's De Laudibus Caluitij with notes by Joannes Phreas and Rhenanus; bound in full polished 19th century calf by J. Larkins, ex libris Milltown Park Jesuit Library, from the William O'Brien bequest, with three bookplates inside the front board, no other stamps; one or two instances of contemporary marginalia, 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.