1621 Erasmus 1ed Colloquies Virginia SANDYS PROVENANCE Humanism Philosophy War

1621 Erasmus 1^ed Colloquies Virginia SANDYS PROVENANCE Humanism Philosophy War

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

― Erasmus

Erasmus’s famous ‘Colloquies’ 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.

Item number: #27626

Price: $750

ERASMUS, Desiderius

Desid. Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia familiaria

Amsterodami : Apud Johannem Janssonium, 1621.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 508, [4]
  • Includes engraved title page
• References: Coffin, Western Civilizations II, p463
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – Edwin Sandys
  • Sir Edwin Sandys (1561–1629) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1626. He was also one of the founders of the proprietary Virginia Company of London, which in 1606 established the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States in the colony of Virginia, based at Jamestown. The parish of Sandys, in Bermuda (the Virginia Company’s second colony) is named after him.
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~4.5in X 2.25in (11.5cm x 6cm)

Our Guarantee:

Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.

Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!