Antibarbarorum … liber unus

by Antibarbari, Desiderius Erasmus

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First edition

First edition, printed in May. Woodcut borders to title leaf and dedication by Hans Holbein, printer’s device on last page. 150, 2, imprint pp. 4to. Eighteenth-century marbled boards, ink label. Some toning to spine. Very good, fresh copy. VD16 E1997; Valentina Sebastiani, Johann Froben, Printer of Basel 170; Bibliotheca Erasmiana p. 9; Adams E-463; Bezzel 157. The standard modern text iwith translation by Margaret Mann Phillips,˜The Antibarbarians”,

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