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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 188

ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS)
De conscribendis epitolis, Basle, Nicolaus Brylinger, 1555

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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ERASMUS (DESIDERIUS)

De conscribendis epitolis, 2 large woodcut initials, 3-page index in Latin added in an early hand on final 2 blank leaves, some underlinings in ink throughout, early ownership inscription struck through on title resulting in small hole in blank area, early calf over bevelled wooden boards, cover panelled in blind with wide signed and dated "heads-of-Reformers" roll ("NP/1561"), spine in 5 compartments within raised bands, lettered "Erasm." in ink within one compartment, early brass catches, without straps [Bezzel 629], 8vo, Basle, Nicolaus Brylinger, 1555

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A fine example of a North German "Heads-of-Reformers Binding", the blind roll incorporating portraits of Hus, Melanchthon, Erasmus, and Luther. The Luther panel is dated 1561, and that of Erasmus signed "NP", a designer as yet unidentified but responsible for some 300 rolls dated between 1549 and 1563.

Provenance: "B. Chillian. Anno 1673", ownership inscription on front free endpaper; "Empt. Heid 3.9/4 Sept. 77", early inscription inside upper cover; Eugene Müller, eighteenth century ownership inscription; R. Zierer, twentieth century bookplate.

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