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
Lucian of Samosata, “Complvres Lvciani dialogi,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed December 24, 2025, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/10369.