Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466 (9) 1536)
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466 (?9) – 1536)
Queens' position in the world of learning was reflected in the presence of the Humanist scholar Erasmus in 1506 and again between 1510 and 1515. His influence on Queens' is shown in the books of his colleagues still in the collection.
The earliest such acquisition is a copy of the Greek New Testament which had been the property of John Lasky, close friend of Erasmus, and is bound in a contemporary Polish binding with his initials J.L. – an extremely rare item in British Libraries.