Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Mar 13, 2021 12:00PM EST
Lot 277
ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?1536). Enchirdion Miltis Christia...
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ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?1536). Enchirdion Miltis Christiani?[and] Praeparatione ad Mortem. Cambridge: John Hayes, 1685. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, errata leaf inserted between p. 38?39 as usual. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked with raised bands and gilt titles, original endpapers retained (penciled marginalia). Provenance: Christopher Cairns (modern bookplate). A scarce edition incorporating two of Erasmus? most important popular works, the ?Manual of a Christian Soldier? and his work on preparing for death (both rarely printed after 1550). Bibliotecha Erasmiana Enchiridion, pp. 129?30. From the private library of a prominent Chicago collector, part II.
