Erasmus, Valla on the New Testament, 1526
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Lorenzo Valla; Desiderius Erasmus. IN NOVUM TESTAMENTU ANNOTATIONES APPRIME UTILES. Basel: Andreas Cratander, 1526. 6.25" x 4". [16], 346, [6] pp., initial gathering includes blank leaf a8. 17th c. calf boards, rebacked. Provenance: With early signatures of George Harvest (published multiple works in the 18th c., signature front endpaper) and also of William Eden (1st Baron Auckland, signature on final leaf below printer's device), with a few instances of early underlining and/or marginal notes. ************************* EXTREMELY SCARCE EDITION, EDITED BY ERASMUS, of Valla's commentaries on the New Testament. Valla's work was influential in Erasmus's own important translation of the New Testament.
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Bindings with some light scratched. Title leaf discreetly reattached at gutter with tissue, title with old paper remnants to verso (from removal of an early bookplate), later half of book with a couple of tiny worm-holes which occasionally shave a letter or two of text, a few gatherings with old faded water-stains (at front and back, largest to final gathering), leaf q2 with corner-chip (no loss of text), mostly clean otherwise. Good.
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