Complvres Lvciani dialogi
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.
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.
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
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 May 31, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10369.