The Epistles of Erasmus: From His Earliest Letters to His Fifty-First Year Arranged in Order of Time (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Erasmus, Desiderius

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ISBN 10 : 1330997913 ISBN 13 : 9781330997918

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

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Excerpt from The Epistles of Erasmus: From His Earliest Letters to His Fifty-First Year Arranged in Order of Time

The periods chosen for our Register and translations have not however been mainly determined by the changes which we have observed in the life of Erasmus. To deal with the entire series of Epistles upon the present plan would be a labour far surpassing the translator's powers; and, with regard to their chronological order, the ysis of every letter, which is required for the satisfactory arrangement of the earlier correspondence, has ceased to be necessary before the time when our Register terminates. The letters of this period and onward are more generally dated, and the year-dates, as well as the dates of day and month, are for the most part original, not as in the earlier letters, subsequently added and consequently untrustworthy. The diffity in placing the Epistles arises therefore only in exceptional cases, occurring most frequently in letters dated between Christmas and Easter, owing to the various commencements of the Annns Domini.

Some observations on the interpretation of these dates will be found in the Introduction, which also deals with the history of the collection and publication of the Epistles of Erasmus, both in his lifetime and since, and with the questions that have arisen respecting the authenticity of some of the letters attributed to him.

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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330997913
• ISBN 13: 9781330997918
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 674
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