1641 Erasmus of Rotterdam Precationes Aliquot Prayer Book Latin Humanism RARE
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Erasmus
While best known for his ‘In Praise of Folly’ and ‘Colloquies’, Desiderius Erasmus wrote other important treatises including this relatively unknown work ‘Precationes aliquot’. More commonly known as a prayer-book, this book became a widely used devotional manual both with Catholic and Protestant readers.
1641 Erasmus of Rotterdam Precationes Aliquot Prayer Book Latin Humanism RARE
“When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
― Erasmus
While best known for his ‘In Praise of Folly’ and ‘Colloquies’, Desiderius Erasmus wrote other important treatises including this relatively unknown work ‘Precationes aliquot’. More commonly known as a prayer-book, this book became a widely used devotional manual both with Catholic and Protestant readers.
Item number: #17782
Price: $499
ERASMUS, Desiderius
Desid. Erasmi Roterodami Precationes quibus homines assuescant cum Deo loqui
Lugduni Batavorum : Ex Off. Ioannis Maire, 1641.
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- 136
- Provenance: Handwritten – Ellis Edwards
- Ellis Edwards (1844-1915) was a Calvinist preacher in Wales, and principal at Bala Theological College.
- Language: Latin
- Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
- Size: ~5in X 2.75in (12.5cm x 7cm)
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17782
Category
Religion
Authors
ERASMUS, Desiderius
Printing Date
17th Century
Language
Latin
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete


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