1506 Proverbiorum Libellus ADAGIA Polydore Vergil Erasmus Adages post Incunable

1506 Proverbiorum Libellus ADAGIA Polydore Vergil Erasmus Adages post Incunable

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

― Erasmus

‘Adagia’ is an annotated collection of proverbs by Erasmus of Rotterdam. This collection of proverbs is considered “the most monumental [collection of proverbs] ever assembled” (Speroni). Many of the proverbs formed what would become popular or ‘commonplace’ adages used in western cultures. However, prior to Erasmus’s “Adagia” was Vergil Polydore’s “Proverbiorum Libellus” which was later renamed “Adagiorum liber”. Erasmus claimed his “Adagia” predated Polydore’s, but publication history contradicts this claim.

This 1506 printing of Vergil Polydore’s “Proverbiorum Libellus” was published in Venice and based on the 1503 first edition. See below for details.

Item number: #26595

Price: $1950

POLYDORE, Vergil

Prouerbiorum libellus

Venetiis: Per J.D. Cereto de Tridino, alias Tacuinum, 1506. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation:
  • Unpaginated; [40 leaves of 64]
  • Signatures have been altered to look as though they are sequential starting with ‘a’; however, the first leaf is ‘d’ and the first line of text begins in the middle of a sentence. The title of “Adagia” has also been written on an added blank, even though at the time this work was not referred to as ‘Adagia’.
• References: Speroni, Wit and Wisdom; USTC 862655
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 6in (20.5cm x 15cm)
• Exceedingly rare

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