Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterdami Volume 1

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...(including a passage from one of Cornelius Gerard's letters (of c. Apr. 1499); cf. Mollmysen, p. 31,11.9-13) and a letter De rations studii (Ep. 56; cf. Ep. 66). The book must have been composed first by Erasmus in 1497, and subsequently revised by him at this time and perhaps later. The incident of Hore's arrival in Paris on his way to Germany probably indicates an actual occurrence; and was evidently added after Erasmus' first visit to England. For other indications of this work see Epp. 134. 59. and 163. ia. The Colloquiorum Formulae went through numerous editions (see BEr1) in which considerable variations occur; passages being frequently inserted and removed (cf. p. 341), perhaps not always with Erasmus' authority. Besides those mentioned in Ep. 56 introd., there is one which Erasmus revised at Basle for dedication to the young Erasmius Froben (Basle, Froben, March 1533). They were not amplified into the Colloquiorum Opus, the Colloquies as they are now understood, until 1524. 94. De Epistolis Cf. Ep 71. Some notes, which Erasmus required for this work, were in Batt's hands, Ep. 138. 119; but the first draft was still with Augustine, Ep. 131. id quoque, si iubebis, mittam. Praeterea si qua iubebis, parati 95 operiemur. Hactenus ad tuam epistolam, nunc extra epistolam pauca. Emiseramus iuuenem libris oneratum; is antequam ad te peruenisset, tuam epistolam iam scriptam fuisse coniicio. Scripsi deinde per Adrianum, sed о me miserum qui scripserim. Scripsi enim (quod poenitet pu-100 detque) morosius; nondum tuam epistolam acceperam. Sed ignosce, obsecro, ita te semper in ista aula beatum ac diuitem viuere contingat. Bene vale; nos hic, vt digni sumus, esuriemus satis. Dedi tabellario tres duodenarios, vix ab Augustin 0 exoratos non sine pudor?, et in...