Item #001145 Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia: nunc Emendatiora [with armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston]. Desiderius Erasmus.
Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia: nunc Emendatiora [with armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston]
Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia: nunc Emendatiora [with armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston]

Des. Erasmi Roterod. Colloquia: nunc Emendatiora [with armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston]

Leiden: Elzevier, 1643. Hardcover. "Lugd. Batavorum. Officina Elzeviriana." [24], 672, 44, [4] p.; 13 cm. *12 A-2E12 a-b12 (12mo). 18th-century red morocco with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; both boards have gilt double ruled borders and gilt corner decoration as well as gilt-rolled edges and turn-ins. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated, engraved title page showing Erasmus using a telescope, by Cornelius C. Dusend. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. "Coronis apologetica pro colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis . . . fideliter collecta à P[etro] S[criverio]. Accedit ejusdem de colloquiorum utilitate dissertatio" on 44 pages at end. Last two leaves blank. Front fixed endpaper bears armorial bookplate of Thomas Preston with the motto "Lucem Spero Clariorem" (upper part of the bookplate is partially obscured by the removal of some former label). Faint inscriptions on verso of front free endpaper. Willems, 552. In Good Condition: edges rubbed; leather separated along joints but stitching solid; lacking leather at head of spine; trimmed with a few heads shaved close; initials at foot of title page in an old hand; otherwise pages are clean and tight. Good. Item #001145

Price: $385.00