ERASMUS, Desiderius; [Cornelis SCHREVEL, Ed.] Colloquia...
ERASMUS, Desiderius; [Cornelis SCHREVEL, Ed.]
Colloquia, cum notis teria parte auctioribus, & Indice novo. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio.
Lugd. Batavorum [Lieden]: Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1655.
8vo., contemporary vellum, titles and date inked to spine; fully-engraved title page, together with head and tail pieces; pp. [xiii], 2-677 [xxii]; vellum rather darkened and stained; upper edge darkened; some ink markings to prelims and cracking to inner hinges, but holding firm; the odd scorch mark internally but else very good.
Leiden edition, edited by Cornelis Schrevel (1608-64).
The Colloquia was a collection of some fifty formal dialogues on a huge variety of subjects, including such varied subjects as war, travel, religion, sleep, beggars and funerals, all written in a gentle, humorous, and somewhat ironic style. The editor of this edition, Schrevel, was a physician and scholar, born in Haarlem, and head of the college faculty of the University of Leiden in 1642.
ERASMUS, Desiderius; [Cornelis SCHREVEL, Ed.]
Colloquia, cum notis teria parte auctioribus, & Indice novo. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio.
Lugd. Batavorum [Lieden]: Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1655.
8vo., contemporary vellum, titles and date inked to spine; fully-engraved title page, together with head and tail pieces; pp. [xiii], 2-677 [xxii]; vellum rather darkened and stained; upper edge darkened; some ink markings to prelims and cracking to inner hinges, but holding firm; the odd scorch mark internally but else very good.
Leiden edition, edited by Cornelis Schrevel (1608-64).
The Colloquia was a collection of some fifty formal dialogues on a huge variety of subjects, including such varied subjects as war, travel, religion, sleep, beggars and funerals, all written in a gentle, humorous, and somewhat ironic style. The editor of this edition, Schrevel, was a physician and scholar, born in Haarlem, and head of the college faculty of the University of Leiden in 1642.
ERASMUS, Desiderius; [Cornelis SCHREVEL, Ed.]
Colloquia, cum notis teria parte auctioribus, & Indice novo. Accurante Corn. Schrevelio.
Lugd. Batavorum [Lieden]: Apud Franciscum Hackium, 1655.
8vo., contemporary vellum, titles and date inked to spine; fully-engraved title page, together with head and tail pieces; pp. [xiii], 2-677 [xxii]; vellum rather darkened and stained; upper edge darkened; some ink markings to prelims and cracking to inner hinges, but holding firm; the odd scorch mark internally but else very good.
Leiden edition, edited by Cornelis Schrevel (1608-64).
The Colloquia was a collection of some fifty formal dialogues on a huge variety of subjects, including such varied subjects as war, travel, religion, sleep, beggars and funerals, all written in a gentle, humorous, and somewhat ironic style. The editor of this edition, Schrevel, was a physician and scholar, born in Haarlem, and head of the college faculty of the University of Leiden in 1642.