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150031801Lugduni Batavorum Leiden: Pieter van der Aa 170306. Folio extra 39.4 cm 15.5". 10 vols. in 11. I: 3 ff. 24 64 pp. 1226 cols. i.e. 1240; engr. t.-p. 1 double-pg. engr. plt. and 1 full-pg. engr. plt. II: 6 ff. 1212 cols. 54 pp. IIIa: 15 ff. 1104 cols.; 18 full-pg. engr. plts. IIIb: 2 ff. cols. 1105-944 92 ff.; 2 full-pg. engr. plts. IV: 3 ff. 758 cols. i.e. 768; 1 full-pg. engr. plt. 75 single-col. engr. vignettes 3.5 sq. and 6 double-col. engr. vignettes 4.25 x 7.25. V: 3 ff. 1360 cols. VI: 29 ff. 1126 cols. 17 pp. VII: 6 ff. 1198 cols. 1 p. VIII: 3 ff. 652 cols. IX: 3 ff. 1248 cols.; 1 fold-out plt. 1 full-pg. plt. X: 2 ff. cols. 1249860 64 ff. <br><br>Before his death Erasmus 14661536 divided his writings into nine ordines categories for posthumous publication. This is the second edition of his collected works first published in nine volumes by Froben in 1540. Like the original this set includes additions by authors from the Dutch humanist's international circle and portraits of the same as well as => myriad engravings after Holbein. The printer Pieter van der Aa 16591733 was an apprentice of Daniel van Gaasbeeck fl. 165592 and primarily known for maps and travel books.<br>Â Â Â Â The text in all volumes is in Latin with some Greek printed in roman and italic mostly double-column with sidenotes and many large woodcut initials and tailpieces as well as some engraved headpieces. Vol. I has both a general title-page and a volume title-page; each of the volume title-pages is printed in red and black and features a large engraved vignette signed by the illustrator J. Goeree and the engraver J. Baptist; some volumes also have sectional title-pages. There are many engraved plates: vol. I features an added engraved title-page a double-page plate and one full-page plate; in vol. III part one there are => 18 full-page engraved portraits of contemporaries of Erasmus including Melanchthon Alciatus Charles V and Bembo as well as two more full-page portraits in vol. III part two.<br>Â Â Â Â In Praise of Folly in vol. IV is illustrated with => 75 single-column-width engraved vignettes 3.5 sq. and six double-column-width engravings 4.25 x 7.25 after the famous Holbein originals and a full-page engraved portrait of the artist. Vol. IX has one large engraved fold-out plate signed by van der Aa at Leiden engraved by D. Stoopendael as well as one full-page engraved plate unsigned of medallions against a drapery backdrop.<br>Â Â Â Â => A handsome folio set.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: Most volumes have a large stamped "Y" on the front pastedown and a faded => 18th-century ink inscription by a monk on the title-page. All volumes in contemporary sheep recently rebacked and repaired using brown calf spine with raised bands accented by gilt ruling with a blind ornament in each compartment title and tome number gilt on green leather spine labels and date gilt collector-style on red leather labels at bases; marbled endpapers and red edges. Boards scuffed and chipped in places; all hinges inside repaired with later marbled paper. Ex- library: most volumes with bookplate and old-fashioned oval stamp on front pastedown stamps on bottom edge and multiple leaves of text early accession number to front free endpaper verso and bottom margin of first text leaf. In all volumes some leaves very browned; occasional dampstaining foxing or other small stains from chemical reactions in paper; small natural paper flaws short closed tears and a few corners torn away not affecting text. Title-page of vol. I with closed interior tear stemming from deep impression of its large engraved vignette; one small tear in vol. IV repaired with monogrammed sticker! Tout entière a nice set. Pieter van der Aa hardcover books
14155374Strasbourg: Matthias Schürer 1514-1515. First edition of some material. Hard Cover. Very Good/Several related works of Erasmus collected in one binding including the first edition of Parabolae sive similia a reported 1513 edition of Parabolae was a longstanding bibliographical error and the first appearance of Erasmus's farewell letter to Jakob Wimpfeling Epistle 305. In 1509 the year Mattias Schürer completed his apprenticeship and opened his own print shop he struck an unauthorized edition of Erasmus's Adagia purloined from the first edition of 1500. Anger on the author's part would have been justified. Yet in spite of this commercial indiscretion Erasmus favored Schurer with a warm supportive and lasting friendship. In October 1514 he gave Schürer the manuscript of "Parabolae sive similia" which Schürer decided to publish in tandem with a reprint of De Copia although there are copies extant of Parabolae bound alone. It is fitting that Parabolae should be bound with Adagia in this copy since it expands on the earlier work's idea of compiling classical maxims. Parabolae that is The Parables is a catalogue of didactic similes gleaned from Plutarch Seneca and Pliny who almost never used similes in his own text. The Adagia is also the subject of Erasmus's letter to Wimpfeling whom he thanks for recommending it for a school text. Schürer's edition of Adagia of 1515 is the first to contain the printer's own "table of proverbs" to function as a key to the collection. In all Schürer published 57 editions of 15 titles by Erasmus in the five year period from 1514 to 1519 the year he died. Quarto 21 cm three parts in one volume: I: 6 73 6 leaves; II: 56 leaves; III: 4 57 7 leaves. Numerous five- and six-line "criblé" woodcut initials on black ground decorated with arabesques and figures many of them carefully rubricated. Second title page with woodcut architectural border lightly rubricated. Printer's "usui studiosorum" device on last printed page rubricated. Bound in contemporary or 17th-century blind-stamped alum tawed pigskin over wooden boards with a Cardinal's arms gilt on both boards. Clasps and catches preserved straps renewed. Some small worming at spine ends. First title leaf somewhat toned and soiled. Occasional marginalia in contemporary or early hand. Contemporary ownership inscription on title page. References: VD 16 E-2645 and E-3237; Adams E-318 and E-716; Panzer VI 68 340-341; "Early Editions" Toronto #369 etc. Matthias Schürer hardcover books
