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ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS. Desyderii Erasmi ad Reverendissimvm Moguntinensium Praesulem, atq[ue]
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS. Desyderii Erasmi ad Reverendissimvm Moguntinensium Praesulem, atq[ue] illustrissimum principem, Epistola: nonnihil D. Martini Lutheri negotiu attingens. [Wittenberg(?): M. Lotter, the Younger, 1520]. Quarto.[ Bound dark maroon cloth with gold title and shelf number on spine, bookplate of "Library of the Episcopal Theological School Cambridge... Nov. 15, 1921, From the Library of Phillips Brooks;" Many blank pages bound in behind pamphlet, early faded green wrappers bound in with pamphlet, wrappers are soiled and worn at edges with old pen notes on them, title printed within nice woodcut borders, embossed blind stamp of "Episcopal Theological School Library" in outer margin of title, marginal piece of lower corner A2 torn away, pages edges worn with a few small tears into them, large margins, scattered contemporary pen marks in margins and thin underlining, light foxing. Collation: A1-4. Pagination: (1) woodcut title, (7) text. Signed [i.e., printed] at end: R.D.T. incolumem ac florentem inaternum seruet Christus opt. maximus. Louanii Calen. Nouemb. Erasmus Roterodamus E.R.T.D. addictiss. Adams cites 3 editions from 1520--this is apparently Adams E870, but if so, Adams gives a somewhat truncated transcription of the title. From OCLC, it is not either the Erfurt or Nurnberg editions. OCLC lists only 1 library with the Nurnberg edition (Emory U.) and the same library also with the Erfurt edition, both of 1520. This pamphlet is Erasmus' open letter to Albert, Archbishop of Mainz in which he tries to explain the controversy around Luther. "This letter to Archbishop Albert is the most important... It shows us practically every aspect of Erasmus' position in the year 1519, and suggests the numerous lines of comment thereon. The least convincing parts of it are those which refer to himself personally. These may be sufficiently explained by that joy in fancying himself persecuted... It was like his vanity to be vastly flattered if someone suggested that Luther could never have done what h 16TH-GER-WITTENBERG-LOTTER
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