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ERASMUS, Desiderius (1466?-1536). De Duplici Copia Verborum; De ratione studii deque pueris instutendis commentario; De laudibus literariae societatis . Basel: Johann Froben, April 1517. Woodcut titlepage border by Ambrosius Holbein [Hollstein XIV,3], fine woodcut initials, printer's device at end, all lightly coloured. Adams E-319 ERASMUS. Querela Pacis undique gentium eiectae profligataequae; De morte declamatio; Encomium Matrimonii; Encomium artis Medicae . Basel: Johann Froben, November 1518. 4 works in one vol., as issued; 3 title pages, each with woodcut border by Hans and Ambrosius Holbein [Hollstein XIV,15; 3; 12]; fine woodcut initials, printer's device at end (small tear in printer's device made at the time of printing) FIRST EDITIONS of Encomium Matrimonii and Encomium artis Medicae . Not in Adams ERASMUS. Bellum [with: Scarabaeus ]. Basel: Johann Froben, April 1517. Printer's woodcut device at end. FIRST EDITION. Adams E-507 ERASMUS. Sileni Alcibiadis. Cum scholiis Johannis Froben pro graecarum vocum . Basel: Johann Froben, April 1517. Printer's woodcut device at end. FIRST EDITION, but partly published in the Adagia . Adams E-833 AENEAS Platonicus. De immortalitate animae . Translated Ambrosius Camaldulensis; ATHENAGORAS. De resurrectione . Translated Marsilius Ficinus. Enchiridion Xysti Pythagorici . Translated Rufinus. Basel: Johann Froben, October 1516. Woodcut titlepage border by Hans Holbein [Hollstein XIV, 12], printer's device at end. Adams A-246 CARTEROMACHUS, Scipio. Oratio de laudibus literarum graecarum . Basel: Froben, March 1517. Woodcut titlepage border by Hans Holbein [Hollstein XIV, 13], printer's device at end. Not in Adams 6 volumes in one, 4° (210 x 160mm). (Small wormhole in third and fourth volume, more extensive worming in last two, not by Erasmus). 19th-century olive morocco, edges gilt. Provenance : Bought at Dyson Perrins sale (Sotheby's 10 March 1947)