1726 ERASMUS of ROTTERDAM On Latin Rhetoric FIRST EDN !

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1726 ERASMUS of ROTTERDAM On Latin Rhetoric FIRST EDN !PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA - Angelo Poliziano & oth. 2 vols in 1[ Publ.: Hallbauer, Friedrich Andreas]Collectio... opusculorum de imitatione oratoria Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami, And. Iulii Dornmeieri, Joh. Pici Mirandulani, Petri Bembi, Angel. Politiani Iulii Pflugii et Ioh. Sturmii. Insertus est festivus ignoti auctoris dialogus de Cicer...Ienae, impensis Christiani Francisci Buchii, 1726.8vo. 6.8 x 4 inches.4 leav., 805 (recte 806) pp., 5 leav.; 8 leav., 134 pp., 13 leav. Complete.With woodcut frontispice, initials & vignettes.Contemporary half vellum with (faded) manuscript title to spine, red edges.Fine first edition of this Sammelband of the most important treatises from the humanism era on the latin rhetoric, including Desiderius ERASMUS of ROTTERDAM, Giovanni PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA, Angelo Poliziano & others. Published by Hallbauer. Bound with Eight orations & five letters of Julius Lipsius, published by Kromayer (Ienae, Croeker, 1726). With woodcut frontispiece depicting Lipsius Coats of Arms. Justus Lipsius (1547 - 1606), was a Flemish philologist and humanist. He wrote a series of works designed to revive ancient Stoicism in a form that would be compatible with Christianity. His form of Stoicism influenced a number of contemporary thinkers, creating the intellectual movement read more