Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami, De Utraque Verborum ac Rerum Copia, Libri Duo

Erasmus of Rotterdam

Published by C. Thiboust & Petrum Esclassan, Parisiis, 1671

About this Item

First printed in 1512, De utraque verborum ac rerum copia by Erasmus of Rotterdam became a standard Renaissance rhetoric manual in European Latin schools. Structured in two books, it sets forth numerous variations of words and ideas drawn from classical sources and humanist scholarship. The work circulated widely through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This 1671 Paris edition, printed Apud viduam C. Thiboust & Petrum Esclassan, represents a later seventeenth century issue of the text. No provenance marks present. Near Fine; leather binding tight and secure with minimal corner wear, marbled boards well preserved, pages clean with light age toning and no markings. (16mo), single volume, 4.5 x 2.5 inches. Collation: [8], 305, [20] pp. Edition: 1671 Paris printing. References: Walsh on Erasmus. #50061. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami, De Utraque Verborum ac Rerum Copia, Libri Duo
• Publisher: C. Thiboust & Petrum Esclassan, Parisiis
• Publication Date: 1671
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine