Epistolarum D. Erasmi Roterodami libri XXXI
Subtitle: et P. Melancthonis libri IV : quibus adjiciuntur Th. Mori & Lud. Vivis epistolae : unà cum indicibus locupletissimis
Contributors: Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560; More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540; Flesher, Miles, -1664, printer; Young, Robert, -1643, printer; Bee, Cornelius, bookseller
Publisher: Excudebant M. Flesher & R. Young; Prostant apud Cornelium Bee in vico vulgò vocato Little Britaine
Published: 1642
Place of publication: Londini
Language: lat
Subjects: Correspondence
Other titles: Epistolarvm D. Erasmi Roterodami libri XXXI
Notes: Date appears before bookseller's name on title leaf.

Signatures: v. 1: [A]⁴ a⁶ b-c⁴ B-2L⁶ (2i)-(2l)⁶ 2M-4V⁶ 4X⁴, ²a-d⁴ e² ; v. 2: [A]⁶ B-2S⁶ a-e⁶ f⁴.

Pagination: v. 1: [36] p., 332, 335-438, 449-652, 651-722 col., 723-780 p., 781-1488, 1487-1582, 1581-2146 col., [37] p. ; v. 2: [12] p., 215 col., [2] p., 221-426, 425-472 col., [7] p., 487-606 col., [9] p., 619-889 col., col. 990, 901-968, 116 col., [10] p.

Engraved portrait of Erasmus (signed: Will: Marshall sculpsit.) on verso of half-title of v. 1.

Woodcut title vignettes (that of v. 2 in red and black) and initials.

Titles in red and black.

Title leaf of v. 2 reads: Epistolarum Philippi Melancthonis, libri IV. Quibus, auctarii loco, accesserunt, Thomae Mori et Ludovici Vivis epistolae. Cum indicibus locupletissimis. Londini. Excudebant M. Flesher & R. Young. M. DC. XLII. Prostant apud Cornelium Bee in vico vulgò vocato Little Britaine.

Text printed primarily in numbered double columns.

Printed marginalia.

Includes indexes.

Rare Book copy: From the library of Howard J. Savage, with his autograph.

English short title catalogue, R4613

Rare Book copy: Bound in early full brown leather, blind-tooled.