1677 Colloquies of Erasmus Rotterdam Humanism Rhetoric WAR Philosophy ELZEVIER

“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” ― Erasmus

An extremely rare edition of Erasmus’s ‘Colloquies’ by Elzevier – the fifth, and final Elzevier edition (Willems). This famous work is a collection of humanistic dialogues on a wide variety of subjects, most of which explore man’s reactions to other men through conversation. Erasmus, and his pupils, wrote on war, travel, religion, sleep, beggars, funerals, literature, and other topics. According to one expert, ‘Colloquies’

“held up contemporary religious practices for examination in a more serious but still pervasively ironic tone.” (Coffin)

This work exposed some of Erasmus’s humor through the invention of word games and rhetoric exercises used for education. He wanted culture to serve as a model for those living during the Renaissance.

Included is a separate tome of the works of Erasmus – lacking title page and end of index.

Item number: #1156

Price: $599

ERASMUS, Desiderius

Desid. Erasmi Roterodami Colloqvia : nunc emendatiora cum omnium notis.

Amstelodami : typis Danielis Elzevirii, 1677.

Details:

Collation: 589, [1]; 492

Signatures: * 4 A-Z8 2A-2O8 2P4.

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Language: Latin

References: Willems 1533; Coffin, Western Civilizations II, p463.

Provenance:

from the library of a Jewish book collector in Prague – Guido Kisch

Size: ~5in X 2.5in (13cm x 6.5cm)

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