ERASMUS, Desiderius.
De duplici copia verborum ac rerum commentarii duo.
(Colophon): Mainz, Johannes Schoeffer, August 1521.
With: (2) ERASMUS, Desiderius. Parabolae sive similia.
(Colophon:) Basel, Johannes Froben, July 1521. 2 works in 1 volume. 8vo. Ad 1: with the title in woodcut architectural border with 3 coats of arms, the Isenburg(?) bars and Mainz wagon wheel above left and right, and Schoeffer's device at the foot under his IS-monogram; 6 large, beautiful woodcut initials. Both works set throughout in italic types. With 1 initial coloured by hand. Ad 2: with the title in an elaborate woodcut border, dated "MDXX" at the head, first page of the dedicatory letter by Erasmus to Petrus Aegidius on back of the title page with a border made of woodcut strips, Froben's large woodcut device on the last page, and 2 decorative woodcut initials. German contemporary blind-tooled calf sewn on 3 double cords, in a panel design. Titles in ink written on the spine (partly upside down) and the fore-edge; later paper spine label; 2 holes near the fore-edge of each board from fastenings now lost. [16], 247, [1 blank]; 191, [1] pp.
€ 12,000
Ad 1: Good, scholarly edition of Erasmus's famous guide to writing and speaking style in Latin, designed to provide the student of Latin with a wide range of words and expressions.
Ad 2: A collection of similes, or comparisons, composed along the same lines and with the same intentions as those that had brought Erasmus much success in his Adagia. In a sense the Parabolae are an addition to and continuation of the Adagia.
With some contemporary annotations. In very good condition, with only a few minor marginal smudges or chips. Binding lacking fastenings, and with damage to the spine and edges, but still in good condition, with most of the tooling very clear. Ad 1: VD 16, E 2656; Allen I, 260; II, 305, 311; Bezzel 748; Vander Haeghen, Bibl. Erasm., p. 66; Reedijk 95, 97; De Reuck, Bibl. Erasm. Bruxel., 135 (with illus. of the title); ad 2: VD 16, E 3246 (2 copies); Bezzel 1371; Vander Haeghen, Bibl. Erasm., p. 138; for the binding: cf. K. von Rabenau, Deutsche Einbände der Renaissance von Jakob Krause (Berlin 1994), 7 & 8 (similar bindings using stamps with the same motifs).
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