ERASMUS, Desiderius and Arnold MONTANUS (editor).
Colloquia. Nunc emendatiora. Cum annotationubus Arnoldi Montani.
Including: Coronis apologetica pro colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis, quantum per otium licuit, fideliter collecta à P.S. accedit ejusdem De Collequiorum utilitate dissertatio.
Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1658. 12mo. With an engraved title page, a full-page engraving showing Erasmus, woodcut decorated initials, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. 18th-century richly gold-tooled red morocco, both boards show a triple fillet frame with small cornerpieces in the inside corners and an oval armorial centrepiece (crowned fleur-de-lis flanked by two knights), gold-tooled spine with "Erasmus" lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges and turn ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [20], 820, 44 pp.
€ 6,000
Montanus' edition of a renowned famous Latin schoolbook written by Erasmus, one of the most used Latin schoolbooks for centuries, as it discusses all basic scholarly and moral issues. With Erasmus' preface-letter to Froben at Basel, dated 1524, and the Vita Erasmi preceding the Colloquia, as well as two indices of authors and dialogues. Included at the end is a short essay explaining the usefulness of the book.
With a few 17th-century annotations on the engraved and letterpress title pages (resp. "1662" and "Besnier"). The engraved title page is cut slightly short (not affecting the engraving). Otherwise in very good condition. Bibl. Belg. II, E 572; Erasmus Coll. City Library Rotterdam p. 50; STCN 850071909 (9 copies); Vander Haeghen, p. 40.
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