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Desiderius Erasmus - Colloquia - 1754 Erasmus's philosophical work full of wisdom, banned for a long time, in a small format Des. erasmi Roterodami - Colloquia, ex doctorum Virorum emendatione, cum notis selectis - Amsterdam, Jac. a Wetstein, 1754-524, (4) pp. - half linen with marbled covers - 13 x 7 cm. Condition: good. Tire somewhat scraped. With engraved title page. Philosophical work by Erasmus, intended as a textbook for Latin students but full of wisdom of life. With topics such as war and peace, women, religion, etc. Because of the critical, satirical tone that often occurs, the book has long been banned. Despite this, it greatly influenced education in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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