Complvres Lvciani dialogi

Author

Lucianus Samosatenis [Lucian of Samosata], c. 125–after 180.

Title

Complvres Lvciani dialogi

Date

1524

Place

Antuerpiæ [Antwerp]

Publisher

Michael Hillenius Hoochstratanus [Michiel Hillen van Hoochstraten], c. 1476–1558.

Language

Latin

Contributor

TRANSLATOR:

Desiderius Erasmus, 1466-1536.

ILLUSTRATOR:

Nicolao Buscoducensi [Nicolas Buscoducensis], 1478-c. 1551.

WRITER OF SUPPLEMENTARY TEXT:

Hadriano Barlando [Hadrianus Barlandus (Hadrianus Cornelii)], 1486-1538.

Note

TYPE:

With 2 decorated woodcut initials, white on black with a stippled background.

With the main text set in an Aldine-style italic, the long commentary following each dialogue in a "Basel"-style roman (with guide words in the shoulder margins) and 2 words in Greek.

CONTENTS:

Includes index.

MARGINALIA:

Victoria University Library copy has some contemporary marginal annotations, extensive on a few pages, and Latin proverbs and sayings on the blank verso of the last leaf.

BINDING:

Victoria University Library copy bound in 18th-century half vellum, sewn on 2 tapes, the vellum taken from a 17th-century manuscript with an elaborate penwork-decorated D wrapped around what is now the spine, marbled sides.

Archive Location

Library Catalog

Num Pages

56

Call Number

PA4231 .A2 1524
Erasmus Rare

Files

Complures Luciani title page.jpg
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Collection

Citation

Lucianus Samosatenis [Lucian of Samosata], c. 125–after 180., “Complvres Lvciani dialogi,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed March 18, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10369.