En amice lector, Thesaurum damus inaestimabilem D. Basilium uere Magnum sua lingua disertissime loquentem quem hactenus habuisti Latine balbutientem. . Vnum hunc dedit nobis Graecia numeris omnibus absolutum, siue pietatem animi spectes, siue sacrae pariter ac prophanae philosophi[a]e peritiam, siue diuinitus afflatam eloquentiam. Mihi crede, reddet te tibi meliorem, quisquis hunc familiarem habere uoles. Operum catalogum, et Erasmi Roterodami praefationem uersa pagina monstrabit.
Saint Basil (c.329-379) Bishop of Caesarea
Category
Books
Date
1532
Materials
Place of origin
Switzerland
Collection
Springhill, County Londonderry
NT 3067772
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],674,[2] p. . fol.. Provenance: manuscript note loosely inserted addressed 'To his loving brother Mr Jonathan Dryden' from 'Thom Swift' regarding finacial afairs, dated 24th March 1634. manuscript inscription on leaf prior to colophon leaf: Jona: Dryden December 1653.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full panelled calf; half oval blind tooling; sewn onto five raised supports; spine label: S. Basi. lius. Tom: I.
Makers and roles
Saint Basil (c.329-379) Bishop of Caesarea Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)