The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 594 to 841, Volume 5

✍ Scribed by Desiderius Erasmus; R.A.B. Mynors; D.F.S. Thomson

Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Year: 1979
Tongue: English
Leaves: 480
Series: Collected Works of Erasmus; 5
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This volume is of particular interest because more than half the letters derive from the Deventer Letter–book, into which Erasmus had his amaneunses copy incoming and outgoing letters, among them many which were truly private rather than composed with a mind to subsequent publication.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Illustrations
Preface
Map showing the principal places mentioned in volume 5
594 / From Beatus Rhenanus – 649 / To [Silvestro Gigli]
650 / To Antonius Clava – 712 / To Pieter Gillis
713 / To Johann Reuchlin – 776 / To Thomas More
777 / To Henry Bullock – 841 / To Antonius Clava
The Correspondence of Erasmus by Years
Table of Correspondents
Works Frequently Cited
Short Title Forms for Erasmus' Works
Index

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