$677
Erasmus, Desiderius (d. 1536) Lingua . [No Place]: [No Printer], [c. 1525]. Octavo, unsigned edition, printed in italic type throughout, 133 leaves, internally clean, in a defective nineteenth century binding. In this work Erasmus contemplates the use and abuse of language. He ponders silence and endless verbiage in the light of scholarship and the divine in a meditation on the linguistic framework that structures human thought. Collated, complete.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18