The Essential Erasmus (Meridian)
Publisher: Plume
Published: May 1, 1964
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780452006737
First sentence: Not unlike a number of other prominent Renaissance figures-Pope Clement VII, Leonardo da Vinci, Don Juan of Austria, to name a few-Erasmus' birth and early childhood are somewhat obscured by the unhappy fact that he was born out of wedlock.