Erasmus Bailey Johnson Rev (5 results)

First Edition. Good copy bound in half buckram over marble boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, tight and clean. Physical description; vol. III (only): 315 pages. Notes; No publication date given. Subjects; Erasmus. Colloquies. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Good copy bound in half buckram over marble boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, tight and clean. Physical description; vol. III (only): 315 pages. Notes; No publication date given. Subjects; Erasmus. Colloquies. 1 Kg. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Top edge gilt, 8vo, 464 pp. / 467 pp. Binding professionally repaired preserving original covers. Covers faded and worn with some loss at extremities, foxing to page edges and first and last few leaves; Vol. II spine cocked.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex library hardbacks, no DJ's; usual stamps/markings. Matching 3 volume set. All volumes published in 1900 by Gibbings & Company Ltd. All baords are worn with page edges uncut but considering the gae are is decent, clean condition. Volume I contains a frontispiece with tissue guard of the author, it also has a partial split of the front hinge. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-3C*.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A smart three volume set of the Colloquies of Erasmus, a collection of dialogues or skits on a wide variety of subjects. Complete in three volumes. With a portrait frontispiece to volume one. Erasmus' Colloquies are a collection of dialogues or skits on a wide variety of subjects which began in the late 1490s as informal Latin exercises for his own pupils. The first official version, of 1518, was described as "a collection of formulae and conversational passages." Notable for its insightful commentary on various aspects of human life and society, the work showcases Erasmus' wit and humor. With sections addressing topics such as manners, education, and theological debates, often through sparkling exchanges between different characters. Written by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus, a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher. He is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the Northern Renaissance. Translated by Nathan Bailey, an English philologist and lexicographer. Edited with notes from Rev. E. Johnson. Publisher's catalogue to the rear of volume one. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning to the endpapers. A contemporary ink inscription to the half-title with a contemporary ink stamp to the front endpaper. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…