Erasme - Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptorib - 1555

ERASME.

Apophthegmatum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptorib.
ERASMUS, Desiderius

1555, Sébastien Gryphe, Lyon.
1 vol. in-16 bound, comprising 923-[15] pages, [2 blank leaves].
Full brown goatskin binding, tobacco color, later, executed and signed by Bulloz, red title piece, gilded edges, Recueil d'adages d'auteurs antiques (Plutarch, Diogenes Laertius, Herodotus, Philostratus, Cicero, Seneca, Macrobius, etc.), translated by Erasmus: reprint of the 1552 edition. Final blank leaf missing (nn8). Binding from the late 18th century, heavily worn.
Top crown chafed, top edge dusty. Infinitesimal wormhole at the bottom of the first leaves, not affecting the text, soiling at the bottom of a few leaves. Baudrier VIII, 273. USTC no. 151692."