Institutio principis Christiani saluberrimis referta praeceptis [per] Erasmum Roterodamum, ab eodem recognita ; cu[m] alijs no[n]nullis eode[m] [per]tine[n]tibus, quoru[m] catalogu[m] in [pro]xima reperies pagella.
Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Title
Institutio principis Christiani saluberrimis referta praeceptis [per] Erasmum Roterodamum, ab eodem recognita ; cu[m] alijs no[n]nullis eode[m] [per]tine[n]tibus, quoru[m] catalogu[m] in [pro]xima reperies pagella.
Date
1518
Place
Basileam [Basel]
Publisher
Apud Ioannem Frobenium [Johann Froben]
Language
Latin
Contributor
Isocrates
Plutarch
Plutarch
Note
CONTENT:
Includes Erasmus' Panegyric to Prince Philip of Burgundy and his translations of Isocrates' To Nicocles and Plutarch's Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur.
Includes Erasmus' Panegyric to Prince Philip of Burgundy and his translations of Isocrates' To Nicocles and Plutarch's Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Title and first page of Erasmus' text (page [9]) within woodcut ornamental borders; woodcut initials throughout text.
The title border with the beheading of John the Baptist and the two large initials with playing children are by Hans Holbein (Müller, Holbein 14 resp. 133); the rest comes from Froben’s stock of woodcuts.
Title and first page of Erasmus' text (page [9]) within woodcut ornamental borders; woodcut initials throughout text.
The title border with the beheading of John the Baptist and the two large initials with playing children are by Hans Holbein (Müller, Holbein 14 resp. 133); the rest comes from Froben’s stock of woodcuts.
IMPRINT:
Apud inclytam Basileam : Apud Ioannem Frobenium, mense Iulii MDXVIII [1518]
Printer's device on colophon (page [344]).
Publisher and date of publication from colophon.
Apud inclytam Basileam : Apud Ioannem Frobenium, mense Iulii MDXVIII [1518]
Printer's device on colophon (page [344]).
Publisher and date of publication from colophon.
FORMAT:
Signatures: a-m⁴, o-z⁴ A-X⁴.
333 [that is, 343], [1] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 23 cm (4to)
Signatures: a-m⁴, o-z⁴ A-X⁴.
333 [that is, 343], [1] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 23 cm (4to)
CONDITION:
Numerous errors in paging, including pages 342-343 misnumbered 332-333.
Numerous errors in paging, including pages 342-343 misnumbered 332-333.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
344
Short Title
Institutio principis Christiani
Call Number
JC145 .E63 1518
Erasmus Rare
Collection
Tags
Citation
Desiderius Erasmus, “Institutio principis Christiani saluberrimis referta praeceptis [per] Erasmum Roterodamum, ab eodem recognita ; cu[m] alijs no[n]nullis eode[m] [per]tine[n]tibus, quoru[m] catalogu[m] in [pro]xima reperies pagella.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 25, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10331.