Morias enkomion: stultitiae laus. . Des. Erasmi Rot. declamatio, cum commentariis Ger. Listrii, & figuris Jo. Holbenii. E codice Academiae Basiliensis. Accedunt, dedicatio illustrissimo Colberto. ... Index rerum & vocum.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Category
Books
Date
1676
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038201
Summary
Bibliographic description
[80],336,[12]p. . ill.., ports.. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: J.3.12. Identified in 1796 inventory: O 342, price 2s. 6d. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 647.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. Bookplate, upside down on rear pastedown: Robert Myddelton Esqr of Chirk Castle Denbigh shr [i.e. Robert Myddelton (1678-1733)]; Jacobean armorial. Franks 21461.. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf binding; double gilt fillet and blind roll pattern border; gilt roll on board edges; blind roll on turn-ins; gold-tooled spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543) Gerardus Listrius