Desiderius Erasmus - Lof der Zotheid & 6 delen Correspondentie & 3 delen Verzameld werk [+ 2] - 2002-2017

Offered are a total of 9 parts from the collected works and correspondence in Dutch translation of the Dutch humanist Desiderius Erasmus, supplemented among other things with a recent translation of Lof der Zotheid and the biography of Johan Huizinga:

1-6 The correspondence of Desiderius Erasmus – Rotterdam: Ad. Donker, 2006-2010 – linen bindings with cloth dust jackets, reading ribbons

The following parts are present:

[1] Letters 1-141 – 2006 – 326 pp. – 2nd edition – translation M.J. Steens
[3] Letters 298-445 – 2006 – 307 pp. – translation M.J. Steens
[4] Letters 446-593 – 2006 – 351 pp. – translation M.J. Steens
[5] Letters 594-841 – 2008 – 349 pp. – translation M.J. Steens
[6] Letters 842-992 – 2010 – 361 pp. – translation Tineke L. ter Meer
[7] Letters 993-1121 – 2010 – 359 pp. – translation István Bejczy and John Piolon

These parts come from the library of the historian Klaas Potjewijd (1933-2026), who dedicated several publications to Erasmus. In a few books his ex libris is present. Some parts are clearly working copies with notes on the front cover and inside the book; two parts have damaged covers.

7-9 Desiderius Erasmus – Collected Works – Amsterdam: Athenaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2006-2011 – linen bindings with cloth dust jackets, reading ribbons

The following parts are present:

[3] Education. Etiquette. Learning to study. The upbringing of children. The education of the Christian prince. Against the barbarians. Translated and annotated by Jeanine De Landtsheer and Bé Breij – 2006 – 498 pp.
[4] Writings on Reflection. The Sponge. The Cicero. Answer to Prince Alberto Pio of Carpi. Translated and annotated by Chris Heesakkers and Ton Osinga – 2007 – 455 pp.
[5] Proverbs. Adagia. Translated and annotated by Jeanine De Landtsheer - 2011 – 757 pp.

These parts are also working copies from the Klaas Potjewijd library, now in good to very good condition, except for a handwritten note on the dust jacket flap of part 3.

Added are:

10 Desiderius Erasmus – In Praise of Folly or The Folly Crowned. A pronouncement. Translated by Harm-Jan van Dam – Amsterdam: Atheneaeum-Polak & Van Gennep, 2002 – 174 pp., linen binding with cloth dust jacket – Fine copy.

11 Johan Huizinga – Erasmus – Rotterdam: Ad. Donker, 2017 – 240 pp., linen binding with cloth dust jacket – Fine copy of this reprint, a tiny pinprick in the front cover.

12 Alexandre Vanautgaerden – Typographus. The incredible history of the first ‘Belgian’ graphic artist Dirk Martens (1450-1534). Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Erasmus House in Anderlecht from October 23 to December 6, 2009 – Anderlecht: Erasmus House, 2009 – 114 pp., paperback – Fine copy.

For the condition see also the photos.