Absolutissimus de octo orationis partiū constructione libellus : nec minꝰ eruditione pueris utilis futurus, qʒ compendio' & perspicuitate commodus ac iucūdus, nuperrime uigilātissima cura recognitus, & in nostra officina summa diligentia excusus.
Title
Absolutissimus de octo orationis partiū constructione libellus : nec minꝰ eruditione pueris utilis futurus, qʒ compendio' & perspicuitate commodus ac iucūdus, nuperrime uigilātissima cura recognitus, & in nostra officina summa diligentia excusus.
Date
1515
Place
Basileæ [Basel]
Publisher
Io. Frob. [Johann Froben]
Language
Latin
Artist
Urs Graf
Contributor
John Colet
Johann Froben
Editor
Desiderius Erasmus
Note
CONTENT:
Edited by Erasmus, with a prefatory epistle by John Colet. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.
Edited by Erasmus, with a prefatory epistle by John Colet. Cf. Brit. Mus. Cat.
WOODCUTS:
The title border is in the distinctive style of prolific woodcut artist and engraver Urs Graf (1485-c.1527), with his monogram inscribed on a slate hanging from the left-hand column, first used in Froben’s edition of Erasmus’ Moriae encomium published a few months earlier. Graf’s border was based on a design by Albrecht Dürer for Willibald Pirckheimer’s translation of Plutarch two years previously (Nuremberg, 1513) and, in turn, the block for this border was reused by Froben and copied by other printers.
The title border is in the distinctive style of prolific woodcut artist and engraver Urs Graf (1485-c.1527), with his monogram inscribed on a slate hanging from the left-hand column, first used in Froben’s edition of Erasmus’ Moriae encomium published a few months earlier. Graf’s border was based on a design by Albrecht Dürer for Willibald Pirckheimer’s translation of Plutarch two years previously (Nuremberg, 1513) and, in turn, the block for this border was reused by Froben and copied by other printers.
PRINTER:
Printer's device on last page.
Colophon: Basiliæ in officina Frobeniana Mense Augusto. An.M.D.XV.
Printer's device on last page.
Colophon: Basiliæ in officina Frobeniana Mense Augusto. An.M.D.XV.
MARGINALIA:
Victoria University Library copy annotated copiously and contemporaneously throughout in an unidentified hand.
Victoria University Library copy annotated copiously and contemporaneously throughout in an unidentified hand.
FORMAT:
47 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
47 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
CONDITION:
Victoria University Library copy imperfect: Lacks two leaves (a2-3) which contain the new preface by Erasmus and two pages of text.
Victoria University Library copy imperfect: Lacks two leaves (a2-3) which contain the new preface by Erasmus and two pages of text.
DIGITAL ACCESS:
Internet Archive
Internet Archive
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
47
Call Number
PA2083 .L5 1515
Erasmus Rare
References
OCLC: (OCoLC)84399372
OCLC: (OCoLC)ocm84399372
OCLC: (OCoLC)ocm84399372
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Citation
William Lily, “Absolutissimus de octo orationis partiū constructione libellus : nec minꝰ eruditione pueris utilis futurus, qʒ compendio' & perspicuitate commodus ac iucūdus, nuperrime uigilātissima cura recognitus, & in nostra officina summa diligentia excusus.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 24, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10367.