ERASMUS, Desiderius.- Adagiorum chiliades tres, ac centuriae fere totidem [...]. (Tubingae, in aedibus Thomae Anshelmi Badensis, impensis providi viri Lodovici Hornecken, 1514. Mense martio). In-f° : [26]-249-[1 bl.] lvs (tears repaired whom one on...
Estimation :
1.200 / 1.500
Description
title-page, very slightly yellowed, stains, marginal dampstains, wormholes). 19th Century binding : red morocco, gilt decorated boards with several fillets, roll-stamps and angular fleurons, ribbed spine fully gilt decorated, gilt edges (joints and turn ins slightly rubbed, upper joint partly split, light scratches, small stains on lower board, edges and corners slightly dulled, notice of catalogue stuck on the upper flyleaf partly cut).
Early postincunabulum in neat typography of Erasmus' collection of Greek and Latin Adagia. Contains in this version 3.260 proverbs edited by the Venitian publisher and humanist, Aldo Pio Manuzio (1449-1515). # Bibl. Erasmiana, 14; # Erasmus online n° 28; # Adams E-454; # USTC 653256; # VD16 E 1932; # not in Machiels nor in Soltész. ▲ Provenance : Thomas Brooke (1830-1908), 1st Baronet, director of the London and North Western Railway (emblazoned ex-libris); Martin Schupp (id.); de Vooght (id.); Augustin Legillon, Bruges 1809 (ex-libris); Henry Yates Thompson, november 1924. Thompson (1838-1928) was a British newspaper proprietor and collector of illuminated manuscripts (id.). T Post-incunable contenant 3.260 proverbes donnés par Manuzio. Plein maroquin rouge du 19e s. (déch. dont une réparée sur le titre, trous de vers).
Early postincunabulum in neat typography of Erasmus' collection of Greek and Latin Adagia. Contains in this version 3.260 proverbs edited by the Venitian publisher and humanist, Aldo Pio Manuzio (1449-1515). # Bibl. Erasmiana, 14; # Erasmus online n° 28; # Adams E-454; # USTC 653256; # VD16 E 1932; # not in Machiels nor in Soltész. ▲ Provenance : Thomas Brooke (1830-1908), 1st Baronet, director of the London and North Western Railway (emblazoned ex-libris); Martin Schupp (id.); de Vooght (id.); Augustin Legillon, Bruges 1809 (ex-libris); Henry Yates Thompson, november 1924. Thompson (1838-1928) was a British newspaper proprietor and collector of illuminated manuscripts (id.). T Post-incunable contenant 3.260 proverbes donnés par Manuzio. Plein maroquin rouge du 19e s. (déch. dont une réparée sur le titre, trous de vers).
