ERASMUS, Desiderius
£19,500 · Offered by Sokol Books
Extremely rare and important second edition of the translation of the third and fourth parts of Erasmus Apophthegms into English for the use of students by the English poet and playwright Nicholas Udall. When Nicholas Udall undertook to translate this work he was the right man in the right place. Probably no English book so abounds with colloquialisms and idiomatic expressions. It is very valuable on that account. this is a pleasant, gossipy book, full of wise saws, if not of modern instances. It may be considered one of the earliest English jest books. The wit in it is not as startling as fireworks, but there is a good deal of grave, pleasant humour, and many of those touches of nature which made the whole world kin. Robert Roberts Preface to the Reprint 1877. Nicholas Udall, a cleric, playwright, and Headmaster of Eton College, was charged with sodomy in 1541, for sexually abusing his pupils. In his case, the sentence was commuted to imprisonment and he was released in less than a year. He went on to become headmaster of Westminster School. An Oxford man, for a while he was a fellow and tutor at Corpus Christi College; through his known purchase of Lutheran books from Thomas Garrett, an Oxford bookseller who sympathised with Lutheran doctrines, in about 1525, Udall became known as one of the earliest adherents of Protestant theology among Oxford tutors. He was appointed headmaster of Eton in 1534, and is best remembered today for the creation of what is called the first com
- Printing: later
- Binding: Hardcover
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