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[16], 598 [i.e. 634], [72] pp. (A0Z8, Aa-Vv8, Xx10 [with Xx10 a blank]) (8vo)15x9.7 cm (6x4"), period blindstamped pigskin, metal clasps.

The Adagia, an annotated collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, was collected and edited by Erasmus and first published in Paris in 1500. The first collection was a small volume, which through continual amplification and correction (subsequently in the hands of others) became the most monumental and influential collection of proverbs in Europe. Pages 237-272 are repeated in the numbering; some of the page numbers have consequently been changed in early manuscript, including some in the table of contents. There are also contemporary ink underlinings, cross-outs, and marginal and interlinear notes. Formerly in the Louisville Public Library, with perforated stamp to title and a few other places; white ink title and numbers to spine, which has been varnished. OCLC/WorldCat lists only four copies of the present edition, all in European institutions. A few earlier ownership marks on the endpapers.