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Erasmus (Desiderius) Adagiorum omnium, quae a Junio, caeterisque, post Erasmi Chiliadas, in lucem prodierunt, epitome, Contemporary full vellum with leather thong clasps, MS title to spine, light scratches to rear board, later ink signature to front free endpaper, signature scratched out above publisher's woodcut device on the title page, head and tailpieces, some scattered light spotting worsening to the index, pp.477 runs true, vg to fine, scarce in such fine condition, Apud Aegidium Beys, sub singo Lilij albi, via Iacobrae, Parisiis, 1583. The Adagia is a collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, mostly sourced from classical texts, compiled and annotated by Erasmus of Rotterdam. First published in Paris in 1500 when Erasmus was in his early thirties, it originally contained 818 proverbs. Over his lifetime, Erasmus expanded the collection through about twenty editions, eventually amassing 4,151 proverbs. In 1515, he renamed the work Adagiorum Chiliades, a title that remained until the final edition in 1533. The collection features major literary figures such as Cicero, Horace, Aristophanes, and Plato, along with lesser-known authors, and includes many quotations in Greek and Aramaic.
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