Institutio principis Christiani saluberrimis referta praeceptis / per Erasmum Roterodamum ; cum alijs nonnullis eodem pertinentibus, quorum catalogum in proxima reperies pagella.
Title
Institutio principis Christiani saluberrimis referta praeceptis / per Erasmum Roterodamum ; cum alijs nonnullis eodem pertinentibus, quorum catalogum in proxima reperies pagella.
Date
1516
Place
Basileae [Basel]
Publisher
Apud Io. Frobenium
Language
Latin
Contributor
Isocrates
Plutarch
Note
FORMAT:
[166] leaves ; 23 cm. (4to).
[166] leaves ; 23 cm. (4to).
CONTENT:
From verso of title page: En optime lector Officina nostra ... tradit haec: Praefationem ... Erasmi Roterodami --Praecepta Isocratis de regno administra[n]do ... --Institutionem boni & Christiani principis ... Erasmo authore. --Panegyricum gratulatorium de felici ex Hispania reditu, ad illustrissimum Principem Philippum ... eodem authore. --Libellum Plutarchi de discrimine adulatoris & amici ... cum aliis no[n]nullis.
Imprint from colophon.
Includes: Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 Institutio principis christiani.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Panegyricus ad Philippum Austriae ducem.
Isocrates. Ad Demonum.
From verso of title page: En optime lector Officina nostra ... tradit haec: Praefationem ... Erasmi Roterodami --Praecepta Isocratis de regno administra[n]do ... --Institutionem boni & Christiani principis ... Erasmo authore. --Panegyricum gratulatorium de felici ex Hispania reditu, ad illustrissimum Principem Philippum ... eodem authore. --Libellum Plutarchi de discrimine adulatoris & amici ... cum aliis no[n]nullis.
Imprint from colophon.
Includes: Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536 Institutio principis christiani.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Panegyricus ad Philippum Austriae ducem.
Isocrates. Ad Demonum.
PROVENANCE:
Inscription on title page including a name (?) and the date August 1516.
Inscription on title page in a second hand: "Nr. 2582".
Inscription on title page including a name (?) and the date August 1516.
Inscription on title page in a second hand: "Nr. 2582".
MARGINALIA:
Exstensive marginal notes and other marks highlighting passages of text, some ornamented, in the Ad Phillipum panegyricus.
Extensive printed marginalia.
Exstensive marginal notes and other marks highlighting passages of text, some ornamented, in the Ad Phillipum panegyricus.
Extensive printed marginalia.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Woodcut frames for the title page, the first page of the preface to the Institutio principis Christiani, and the first page of Plutarch's De doctrina principum, with the title page frame signed by Urs Graf.
Woodcut frames for the title page, the first page of the preface to the Institutio principis Christiani, and the first page of Plutarch's De doctrina principum, with the title page frame signed by Urs Graf.
DEDICATION:
Includes dedicatory preface by Erasmus addressed to Charles (later the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V).
Includes dedicatory preface by Erasmus addressed to Charles (later the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V).
BINDING:
Half-bound in alum-tawed pigskin over bevelled wooden boards; blind-tooled on both boards and spine; remains of clasp; title on tail edge; binding reinforced with MS waste.
Half-bound in alum-tawed pigskin over bevelled wooden boards; blind-tooled on both boards and spine; remains of clasp; title on tail edge; binding reinforced with MS waste.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
332
Short Title
Institutio principis christiani.
Call Number
JC145 .E63 1516
Erasmus Rare
References
Haeghen, F. van der. Bib. Erasmiana, ser. 1, p. 111.
OCLC: (OCoLC)77569978
Item Type
Book
Files
Collection
Citation
Desiderius Erasmus, “Institutio principis Christiani saluberrimis referta praeceptis / per Erasmum Roterodamum ; cum alijs nonnullis eodem pertinentibus, quorum catalogum in proxima reperies pagella.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed June 20, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/7117.