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ERASMUS, Desiderius and Petrus SCRIVERIUS (editor). Magni Des. Erasmi Roterodami vita; partim ab ipsomet Erasmo, partim ab amicis æqualibus fideliter descripta; accedunt epistolæ illvstres plus quam septuaginta, quas ætate provectiore scripsit, nec inter vulgatas in magno volumine comparent. P. Scriverii, & fautorum auspicijs.
Leiden, Govert Basson, 1615. 12mo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, a woodcut roundel with portrait of Erasmus on leaf 5, a divisional title page for Erasmus' letters, and a few woodcut decorated initials. Contemporary vellum. [24], 286, [2 blank]. Full description

ERASMUS, Desiderius, LUCIAN of SAMOSATA, and Andreas van OOSTERBEECK (translator). Sommige uytgelesene colloquia, ofte tsamen-spreeckinghen Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami, ende Luciani Samosatensis, niet min godsalich nut ende stichtelijck, dan tijdtcortich ende gheneuchelijck om lessen … Beyde in de Neder-Duytsche sprake overgeset, door Andream van Oosterbeeck.
Utrecht, Jan Amelisz, 1613. 4to. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page and the rare full-page engraved portrait of Erasmus (which is lacking in at least 2 of the 4 copies known) in an oval. On the verso of this portrait is a laudatory "Klanck-Ghedicht" (sonnet) for Erasmus, between typographical borders; the same borders on leaf. ð2r: the privilege by the States General (verso blank). Contemporary gold-tooled overlapping vellum. [18], 141, [3] ll. Full description

ERASMUS, Desiderius and Arnold MONTANUS (editor). Colloquia. Nunc emendatiora. Cum annotationubus Arnoldi Montani.
Including: Coronis apologetica pro colloquiis Erasmi, ex ipsius scriptis, quantum per otium licuit, fideliter collecta à P.S. accedit ejusdem De Collequiorum utilitate dissertatio.
Amsterdam, Joannes Janssonius, 1658. 12mo. With an engraved title page, a full-page engraving showing Erasmus, woodcut decorated initials, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. 18th-century richly gold-tooled red morocco, both boards show a triple fillet frame with small cornerpieces in the inside corners and an oval armorial centrepiece (crowned fleur-de-lis flanked by two knights), gold-tooled spine with "Erasmus" lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges and turn ins, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. [1], [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [20], 820, 44 pp. Full description

ERPENIUS (VAN ERPE), Thomas. Rudimenta linguae Arabicae.
Leiden, Boneventura and Abraham Elzevier, 1628. Small 8vo (15 x 9.5 cm). With title-page printed in red and black. 19th-century green sheepskin. [10], 172, [48] pp. Full description

ERPENIUS, Thomas. Grammatica Arabica; cum varia praxios materia, cujus elenchum versa dabit pagella.
Leiden, Johannes Maire, 1656. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. Mid 19th-century half tan calf, gold- and blind-tooled spine. [12], 172, “282” [= 284] pp. Full description

ESPAGNAC, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph de Sahuguet d'Amarzit d'. Relation de la campagne en Brabant et en Flandres, de l'an M.DCC.XLVI.
The Hague, sold by Pieter van Os, 1761. 12mo. With a woodcut vignette on the title page, 4 large folding leaves with the dispositions of the French troops, and 2 folding maps of battle fields, engraved by Kryt. Late 18th- or early 19th-century gold-tooled sprinkled calf. 161, [1] pp. Full description

ESTIENNE, Robert (editor). Tῆς Kαινῆς Διαθήκης ἅπαντα [Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta] | Novum Testamentum.
Paris, Robert Estienne, 1546. 2 volumes. 16mo (12 x ca. 7.5 cm). With Estienne's woodcut devices: the basilisk on both title pages and the olive tree on the otherwise blank last page of volume 2. Further with several woodcut decorated headpieces and initials. 18th-century red morocco, gold-tooled spines with the French (part) title lettered in gold, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, green and gold decorated endpapers. 528; 361, [3] pp. Full description

EUCHEL, Isaac Abraham. Gebete der hochdeutschen und polnischen Juden. Aus dem Hebräischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen.
Vienna, Anton Schmid, 1815. 8vo. The book is mainly printed in Gothic type with some Hebrew types to the titles and in the notes. Contemporary marbled paper over boards, with a brown label on the spine. 458 pp. Full description

EUSEBIUS. L[']histoire ecclesiastique ..., translatee de Latin en Fra[n]coys, par Messire Claude de Seyssel, Evesque lors de Marseille, & depuis Archevesque de Thurin.
Antwerp, Maarten de Keyser, 1533 (colophon: 17 April). 8vo. With a woodcut border on the title-page, assembled from 4 blocks (that at the foot with De Keyser's printer's device), about 10 woodcut decorated initials plus about 10 repeats (2 gothic series and 2 roman series). Set in three sizes of bastarda type with textura initials. Contemporary Flemish blind panel-stamped calf, each board with the same panel and double and single fillets, a triple fillet in the panel stamp separating the inner and outer panel. The inner is an acorn cresting panel with 4 1/2 acorns on each side and the flowers not attached to the acorns, remnants of leather ties. [12], "297" [= 299], [1] ll. Full description

FAERNO, Gabriello. Cent fables en Latin et en François, choisies des anciens auteurs, mises en vers Latins ..., et traduites par Mr. Perrault, ...
London, C. Marsh & T. Payne, H. Slater, S. Baker, F. Noble, W. Bathoe, J. Palairet, 1744. 4to. With richly designed, engraved frontispiece, and 99 (of 100) fine engraved illustrations to the fables on integral leaves. Early 19th-century half calf, for the Signet Library in Edinburgh, each board with the gold-tooled British Royal arms. [1], [1 blank], II, [1], [1 blank], [18], 238, [2], 45, [1 blank] pp. Full description