Oct 12, 2023 - Sale 2648

Sale 2648 - Lot 268

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
Vives, Juan Luis (1493-1540)
Correctissima Colloquia.

Venice: Combi, 1662.

12mo, engraved title page, bound in half speckled sheepskin and paste paper boards, 4 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.

"In their colloquies, Desiderius Erasmus and Juan Luis Vives capture schoolchildren's voices (speaking in Latin) discussing issues of importance in a conversational tone that might appeal to the young." (Quoted from Margaret L. King's Humanism, Venice & Women, Taylor & Francis, 2003.)

Rare edition, not in Worldcat, no copies of this edition in the auction record.

From Dr. Michael Stone's Psychiatry Collection.