Vita Des. Erasmi Roterodami: ex ipsius manu fideliter repraesentata; comitantibus, quae ad eandem, alijs. Additi sunt epistolarum, quae nondum lucem aspexerunt, libri duo / quas conquisivit, edidit, dedicavit S.P.Q. Roterodamo Paullus G.F.P.N. Merula.
Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Title
Vita Des. Erasmi Roterodami: ex ipsius manu fideliter repraesentata; comitantibus, quae ad eandem, alijs. Additi sunt epistolarum, quae nondum lucem aspexerunt, libri duo / quas conquisivit, edidit, dedicavit S.P.Q. Roterodamo Paullus G.F.P.N. Merula.
Date
1607
Place
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]
Publisher
In officina typograpica Thomae Basson
Language
Latin
Contributor
Paulus Merula
Thomas Basson
Note
FORMAT:
[24], 214 (i.e. 216) p. : port. ; 19 cm (4to).
[24], 214 (i.e. 216) p. : port. ; 19 cm (4to).
CONTENT:
Pages 136-138 & 146 misnumbered 236-238 & 246 respectively; p. 215-216 wrongly numbered 203, 214.
On the authenticity of this work, see P.S. Allen, Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi I (Oxonii, 1906), appendix I.
Contains 83 letters here first printed.
"Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Epistolarum...liber I; continens quas aetate provectiore scripsit. [Liber II; continens quas aetate iuvenili scripsit]" p.[81]-214.
Pages 136-138 & 146 misnumbered 236-238 & 246 respectively; p. 215-216 wrongly numbered 203, 214.
On the authenticity of this work, see P.S. Allen, Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi I (Oxonii, 1906), appendix I.
Contains 83 letters here first printed.
"Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Epistolarum...liber I; continens quas aetate provectiore scripsit. [Liber II; continens quas aetate iuvenili scripsit]" p.[81]-214.
MARGINALIA:
Printer's device on t.p.; initials; printed marginalia; tail-piece.
Printer's device on t.p.; initials; printed marginalia; tail-piece.
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Medallion portrait of Erasmus on verso of title page.
Medallion portrait of Erasmus on verso of title page.
PROVENANCE:
Victoria University Library copy has contemporary ownership inscription on title page: "Sum Wilgelmi Merrienburg, Anno 1607, in Maio..." as well as contemporary underscores to text.
Victoria University Library copy has contemporary ownership inscription on title page: "Sum Wilgelmi Merrienburg, Anno 1607, in Maio..." as well as contemporary underscores to text.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
240
Short Title
Vita D. Erasmi
Call Number
PA8518 .A15 1607
Erasmus Rare
References
Van Der Haegen I, 182.
Simoni, E-63.
Simoni, E-63.
OCLC: (OCoLC)976682327
Item Type
Book
Collection
Citation
Desiderius Erasmus, “Vita Des. Erasmi Roterodami: ex ipsius manu fideliter repraesentata; comitantibus, quae ad eandem, alijs. Additi sunt epistolarum, quae nondum lucem aspexerunt, libri duo / quas conquisivit, edidit, dedicavit S.P.Q. Roterodamo Paullus G.F.P.N. Merula.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed July 21, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/7249.