ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?-1536). Enchiridion . Basel: Valentinus Curio, 1521. 4° (197 x 150mm). Woodcut title and initials. (Occasional light soiling, staining in X4,Y1-2.) Modern vellum, red edges. Provenance : Johann Heinrich Waser (1713-1777, ink ownership inscription on title dated 1734, a few annotations).
ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?-1536). Enchiridion . Basel: Valentinus Curio, 1521. 4° (197 x 150mm). Woodcut title and initials. (Occasional light soiling, staining in X4,Y1-2.) Modern vellum, red edges. Provenance : Johann Heinrich Waser (1713-1777, ink ownership inscription on title dated 1734, a few annotations). RARE, FIRST JUD TRANSLATION, second German edition, of these extracts from Luther and Erasmus on penance and confession, first published in Latin in 1503 as the 'Lucubratiunculae'. The first German edition published by Adam Petri in Basel in 1520, was soon followed by the present work newly translated by Leo Jud (1482-1542). The historiated title border appearing here for the first time is attributed to Conrad Schnitt; the small woodcut initials with animal scenes and the beautiful printer's device are after Hans Holbein Johann Heinrich Waser was a writer and translator, best known for his works on Shakespeare, Samuel Butler and Jonathan Swift; the following lot shares the same provenance. VD-16, E-2788; Hieronymus, Oberrheinische Buchillustration II, 377; not in Adams.
ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?-1536). Enchiridion . Basel: Valentinus Curio, 1521. 4° (197 x 150mm). Woodcut title and initials. (Occasional light soiling, staining in X4,Y1-2.) Modern vellum, red edges. Provenance : Johann Heinrich Waser (1713-1777, ink ownership inscription on title dated 1734, a few annotations).
ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?-1536). Enchiridion . Basel: Valentinus Curio, 1521. 4° (197 x 150mm). Woodcut title and initials. (Occasional light soiling, staining in X4,Y1-2.) Modern vellum, red edges. Provenance : Johann Heinrich Waser (1713-1777, ink ownership inscription on title dated 1734, a few annotations). RARE, FIRST JUD TRANSLATION, second German edition, of these extracts from Luther and Erasmus on penance and confession, first published in Latin in 1503 as the 'Lucubratiunculae'. The first German edition published by Adam Petri in Basel in 1520, was soon followed by the present work newly translated by Leo Jud (1482-1542). The historiated title border appearing here for the first time is attributed to Conrad Schnitt; the small woodcut initials with animal scenes and the beautiful printer's device are after Hans Holbein Johann Heinrich Waser was a writer and translator, best known for his works on Shakespeare, Samuel Butler and Jonathan Swift; the following lot shares the same provenance. VD-16, E-2788; Hieronymus, Oberrheinische Buchillustration II, 377; not in Adams.
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