Epistola nuncupatoria ad Carolum Cæsarum: Exhortatio ad studium Euangelicæ lectionis: Paraphrasis in Euangeliu[m] Matthæi / per D. Erasmum Rot. nunc denuo recognita ; Epistola ad R.D. Matthæum Card. Sedun.
Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Title
Epistola nuncupatoria ad Carolum Cæsarum: Exhortatio ad studium Euangelicæ lectionis: Paraphrasis in Euangeliu[m] Matthæi / per D. Erasmum Rot. nunc denuo recognita ; Epistola ad R.D. Matthæum Card. Sedun.
Date
1522 or 1523
Place
Basileæ [Basel]
Publisher
Apud Io. Frob
Language
Latin
Contributor
Johann Froben
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
Note
FORMAT:
[400] unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (8vo).
[400] unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (8vo).
CONTENT:
Text of first page of dedication to Charles V and of Paraphrases, within historiated architectural border.
Text in single column, and in italic letters.
Historiated initials.
Variant of VD 16 E 2917 (different title-page; without dedicatory letter of Charles V. to Erasmus).
Imprint from colophons.
Title within historiated border (female representations of Spes, Fortuna, Prudencia, Superbia, Iusticia, and Avaricia).
An individual printing of Erasmus of Rotterdamʹs Paraphrases on the Gospel of Matthew, together with an introductory epistle to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, a letter to the reader, and an open letter to the Cardinal Matthaeus of Sion (Sitten) in Switzerland.
Victoria University Library copy has ownership inscription on front paste-down and handwritten marginal annotations of David Kilger, first rector of the first Lutheran school in Pressburg, Hungary; another inscription on title-page: Coll. Sancti Jesu Dorfini und S. Salvador 1642; small heraldic book-plate on verso of title-page.
Victoria University Library copy bound in contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards.
Text of first page of dedication to Charles V and of Paraphrases, within historiated architectural border.
Text in single column, and in italic letters.
Historiated initials.
Variant of VD 16 E 2917 (different title-page; without dedicatory letter of Charles V. to Erasmus).
Imprint from colophons.
Title within historiated border (female representations of Spes, Fortuna, Prudencia, Superbia, Iusticia, and Avaricia).
An individual printing of Erasmus of Rotterdamʹs Paraphrases on the Gospel of Matthew, together with an introductory epistle to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, a letter to the reader, and an open letter to the Cardinal Matthaeus of Sion (Sitten) in Switzerland.
Victoria University Library copy has ownership inscription on front paste-down and handwritten marginal annotations of David Kilger, first rector of the first Lutheran school in Pressburg, Hungary; another inscription on title-page: Coll. Sancti Jesu Dorfini und S. Salvador 1642; small heraldic book-plate on verso of title-page.
Victoria University Library copy bound in contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards.
IMPRINT:
Colophon (Erasmusʹ dedicatory letter to Charles V): Basileæ, Id.Ian. An. M.D.XXII.
Colophon (Erasmusʹ dedictory letter to the reader): Basileæ, postrid. Id. Iann. An. M.D.XXII.
Colophon (Erasmusʹ letter to Matthaeus Card. Sedunensi): Basileæ postridie Id. Decembr. An. M.D.XXI.
Signatures: a-z⁸ &⁸ A⁸.
Colophon (Erasmusʹ dedicatory letter to Charles V): Basileæ, Id.Ian. An. M.D.XXII.
Colophon (Erasmusʹ dedictory letter to the reader): Basileæ, postrid. Id. Iann. An. M.D.XXII.
Colophon (Erasmusʹ letter to Matthaeus Card. Sedunensi): Basileæ postridie Id. Decembr. An. M.D.XXI.
Signatures: a-z⁸ &⁸ A⁸.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
400
Short Title
Paraphrasis in Evangelium Matthaei.
Call Number
BS2577 .E72 1523a
Erasmus Rare
References
Allen, Ep. 1255 introd.
Cf. Bezzel 995
Cf. VD 16 E 2917
Cf. Bezzel 995
Cf. VD 16 E 2917
OCLC: (OCoLC)977868095
Item Type
Book
Collection
Tags
Citation
Desiderius Erasmus, “Epistola nuncupatoria ad Carolum Cæsarum: Exhortatio ad studium Euangelicæ lectionis: Paraphrasis in Euangeliu[m] Matthæi / per D. Erasmum Rot. nunc denuo recognita ; Epistola ad R.D. Matthæum Card. Sedun.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed May 30, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/7146.