[Rarebooks] Important scholarly ed. of Erasmus edited by Grynaeus. Frankfurt: 1646

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Erasmus, Desiderius. ADAGIA, ID EST, PROVERBIORUM, PAROEMIARUM ET PARABOLARUM OMNIUM, Quae Apud Graecos, Latinos, Hebraeos, Arabes, &c. in Usu Fuerunt... Adiecti Sunt Indices Duo Accuratissimi, Unus Proverbiorum Juxta Ordinem Alphabeti, Alter Rerum & Verborum. Frankfurt: Sumptibus Johannis Pressii Viduae [Typis Wechelianis]. 1646. Folio. (12),776,(158)pp. Indices. Double column text. Title page printed in red & black with a large copper engraved allegorical device of Wechel. Cont. full calf, with some old repairs to front hinge, head of spine and lower corner of front cover. Gilt tooled spine compartments with brown morocco spine label. Old paper library call number at foot of spine. Small rubber library stamp of "Bibliotheca Pussiana Oxon" on front pastedown and a few other places. Cont. ownership signatures on a blank preliminary, one dated May 10th 1662. Title page a bit soiled and final leaf of index with an old paper repair affecting a few words at the outer margin.	$850.00 (trade discount allowed)
An important scholarly edition, edited by Johann Jacob Grynaeus (1540-1617), which includes 15 other short texts relating to proverbs and maxims, including Henri Estienne's "Animadversiones in Erasmus."


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