The Life of Erasmus

by John Jortin

$300 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

London: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White, 1758. 4to. vii , 332 pp. Frontis portrait after Holbein . Two facsimiles. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary full mottled calf, five raised bands, morocco spine label. Damp-stain to top margin of a few pages, bookplate, some finger soiling. Joints split, boards attached by cords rear only 2 cords , extremities rubbed. Otherwise a very good wide margined copy. Item #11390

• Binding: Leather

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