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ERASMUS, Desiderius

Adagiorum omnium tam Graecorum quam Latinorum aureum flumen, ex omni D. Erasmi Rot. aeditione [...] nuper a Theodorico Cortehoeuio in compe(n)dium digestum [....]
Cologne
Johann Prael
March 1533
€450 - €600

12mo: 494-[42] pp. Woodcut mark at the end. (unobtrusive dampstaining). Contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wood, bevelled edges, covers with roll-stamps (Prudentia, Fides, Justitia), spine with 3 raised bands (spine later painted white, clasps and catches gone). Good copy

Very rare 2nd Prael ed. (1st August 1530) of Erasmus' Adages in the study version by the hardly known Dutch humanist Dirk Kortenhoef (°Hilversum, fl. 1530). Extensive indexes. Ref. Bibl. Belg. II:328-329 E-153. - VD16 E-1958. - De Reuck 28. - Erasmus Online 83. Prov. Old Latin inscriptions (mainly in verse) on endpaper (front) and flyleaves. Jesuit ownership entries (partly deleted) and library stamp

Incunabula Humanism