[Colloquiorum Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami familiarium Opus Aureum. . Cum scholiis quibusdam antehac non editis, quae difficiliora passim loca diligenter explicant. Editio omnium (quae lucem viderunt hactenus) absolutissima. 1. Collatis optimis usquequaque exemplaribus. 2. Additis seorsim in fronte argumentis unicuique colloquio. 3. Adjecto indice novo rerum & verborum memorabiliorum locupletissimo].
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)
Category
Books
Date
1672 - 1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3094833
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],471,[15]p., [1] leaf of plates . port.. (metal cut) . 8vo. Imperfect: wanting title page and following leaf (A1-2), pp. 39-56 (D1-E1), pp. 461-464 (Gg4-5), and two final leaves (Hh7-8).. Provenance: Repeated manuscript inscriptions on recto of frontispiece: "John Hervey his book" and "Johannes Hervey" [probably John Hervey, later 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751)]. Manuscript inscription on frontispiece: "Tho: & Isabella Hervey" [i.e. Sir Thomas Hervey (1625-1694) and his wife Isabella (1625-1686)].. Binding: Eighteenth-century[?] quarter-bound calf, with marbled paper over boards. Gilt fillets and date stamp on spine (title label missing).
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) John Clarke (1596-1658)