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COLLECTED WORKS OF ERASMUS: LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL WRITINGS 7 De Virtute / Oratio Funebris / Encomium Medicinae / De Puero / Tyrannicida / Ovid / Prudentis / Galen / Lingua
by Erasmus, Desiderius; Elaine Fantham & Erika Rummel (Eds. ) (with The Assistance Of Jozef Ijsewijn)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802058183
- ISBN 13
- 9780802058188
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
University of Toronto Press. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0802058183 . Very minor shelfwear to book else fine. DJ has chipping and tears along top edge with some rubbing. ; This final volume in the Literary and Educational Writings contains diverse woks spanning a generation. They demonstrate Erasmus' skill in applying classical rhetoric to contemporary Christian needs. Four are short rhetorical pieces; the next group illustrates facets of Erasmus' classical scholarship and includes several works that bear witness to Erasmus' friendship with Thomas More. The last and most expansive piece in the volume, the Lingua, has not previously been translated into English. This work represents Erasmus' growing criticism of his theological position by both Catholics and reformers. ; Collected Works of Erasmus 29; 546 pages .
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- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26889
- Title
- COLLECTED WORKS OF ERASMUS: LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL WRITINGS 7 De Virtute / Oratio Funebris / Encomium Medicinae / De Puero / Tyrannicida / Ovid / Prudentis / Galen / Lingua
- Author
- Erasmus, Desiderius; Elaine Fantham & Erika Rummel (Eds. ) (with The Assistance Of Jozef Ijsewijn)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0802058183
- ISBN 13
- 9780802058188
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- 0802058183, Humanist, Renaissance Studies, Erasmus, Latin Literature, Classical Greek & Roman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humanism; Renaissance Studies;
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