ERASMUS, Desiderius.
The Colloquies,
The Colloquies,
or familiar discourses of Desiderius Erasmus of Roterdam, rendered into English. A work of very great use to such as desire to attain an exact knowledge of the Latin tongue.
Stock Code 121790
London, Printed for E[van]. T[yler]. and R[alph]. H[olt]. for H. Brome, B. Tooke, and T. Sawbridge, at the Gun at the West-end of St. Pauls, the Ship in St Pauls Church-Yard, and the three Flower-de-luces in Little-Britain, 1671.
first edition in English
The first edition in English of Erasmus' (c.1466-1536) Colloquies, complete in contemporary blind-panelled calf and with the engraved portrait frontispiece.The Colloquies contain a collection of excerpts drawn from a range of classical authors and were originally intended as a teaching-aid to help students learn Latin.
With excellent provenance for the Liberal politician Robert Crew-Milnes (1858-1945), Earl, and later Marquess of Crewe. Milnes took up his seat in the House of Lords on the death of his father, the poet Robert Monckton Milnes, in 1885. He served in a number of ministerial posts, including stints as Secretary of State for India, Lord Privy Seal, Secretary of State for War and Ambassador to France.
First edition in English; 8vo (17 x 11 cm); engraved frontispiece, laid-down, bookplate to front pastedown, occasional early annotations in pen, a little browned, later endpapers, lacking blank ff; contemporary blind-panelled calf, corner-pieces of floral urns, later contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces to spine, rebacked, a little rubbed, very good; [8], 555, [3]pp.
ESTC R20312.
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