Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 3311TLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 11, 2019 12:00PM
Description:
Erasmus (1466-1536) Opus de Conscribendis Epistolis, quod quidam & mendosum, & Mutilum Aediderant, Recognitum ab Autore & Locupletatu[m]. Strasbourg: Johannes Hervagium, 1524. Octavo, title page printed within woodcut border (ownership inscription trimmed from top and corner margin, not affecting the woodcut),text printed in single column in italic letter throughout; A-Y8, Z7 (lacking Z8 final ?blank),ownership inscription of Henry Pettit dated 1614 on verso of last leaf, contemporary blind-tooled calf, panels trimmed and remounted on replacement boards (worn, becoming decased, boards detached, in need of repair),6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Estimate $400-600
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