Editions of Erasmus’ Complete Works at CRRS
The first edition of Erasmus’ Opera omnia was published shortly after his death under the editorship of his friend Beatus Rhenanus, and comprises 9 volumes (Basel, 1540-41). It is known as ‘the Basel edition.’ CRRS has a bound Xerox copy of volumes 1 to 8 of this edition (volume 7 labelled as volume 6a), call number PA 8500 1540a Erasmus Large. It also has volumes 7 to 9 of the original edition: PA 8500 1540 Erasmus Rare Large.
The second Opera omnia was edited by Jean Leclerc and comprises 10 volumes (Leiden, 1703-6). It is still the standard edition for all Erasmus texts not yet included in the Amsterdam edition (see below). It is known as ‘the Leiden edition’ and cited as ‘LB.’ CRRS has a modern, photomechanical reprint of this edition, call number PA 8500 1703a Erasmus Large. It also has volumes 1 to 3 and 7 to 10 of the original edition: PA 8500 1703 Erasmus Rare Large.
The third edition, Opera omnia Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami (Amsterdam, 1969- ), is the first critical edition of the works. Known as ‘the Amsterdam edition’ and cited as ‘ASD.’ CRRS has a complete set of the volumes published to date, call number PA 8500 1969 Erasmus.
The most comprehensive scholarly edition of Erasmus’ works in translation is Collected Works of Erasmus (1974- ), published by the University of Toronto Press. It is known as ‘the Toronto edition’ and cited as ‘CWE.’ CRRS has a complete set of the volumes published to date, call number PA 8502 .E5 1974 Erasmus.
All the above editions follow, with certain modifications, the arrangement into ordines (categories) devised by Erasmus himself:
I . Writings on literary and educational subjects
II. Adages
III. Correspondence*
IV. Writings on Moral Questions
V. Writings relating to Religious Instruction
VI. New Testament and Annotations
VII. Paraphrases of the New Testament
VIII. Translations from Greek Church Fathers (and other patristic scholarship)
IX. Controversies (Apologetic Writings)**
*ASD will not include a new edition of Erasmus’ correspondence, there being no need to replace P. S. Allen’s excellent critical edition: Opus epistolarum Des. Erasmi Roterodami (Oxford: 1906-58). Necessary corrections and additions to Allen’s edition are found in the Correspondence volumes of CWE.
** LB divides this ordo between two volumes, IX and X.
CWE Volumes available online to those with a University of Toronto Library ID:
CORRESPONDENCE
Vol. 1: Letters 1 to 141
Vol. 2: Letters 142 to 297
Vol. 3: Letters 298 to 445
Vol. 4: Letters 446 to 593
Vol. 5: Letters 594 to 841
Vol. 6: Letters 842 to 992
Vol. 7: Letters 993 to 1121
Vol. 8: Letters 1122 to 1251
Vol. 9: Letters 1252 to 1355
Vol. 10: Letters 1356 to 1534
Vol. 11: Letters 1535 to 1657
Vol. 12: Letters 1658 to 1801
Vol. 13: Letters 1802 to 1925
Vol. 14: Letters 1926 to 2081
Vol. 15: Letters 2082 to 2203
Vol. 16: Letters 2204 to 2356
Vol. 17: Letters 2357 to 2471
Vol. 18: Letters 2472 to 2634
Vol. 19: Letters 2635 to 2802
Vol. 20: Letters 2803 to 2939
Vol. 21: Letters 2940 to 3141
LITERARY AND EDUCATIONAL WRITINGS
Vols. 23-24: Antibarbari; Parabolae; De copia; De ratione studii
Vols. 25-26: De conscribendis epistolis formula ; De civilitate ; De pueris instituendis ; De recta pronuntiatione
Vols. 27-28: Panegyricus; Moria; Julius exclusus; Institutio principis christiani; Querela pacis; Ciceronianus
Vol. 29: De virtute; Oratio funebris; Encomium medicinae; De puero; Tyrannicida; Ovid; Prudentis; Galen; Lingua
ADAGES
Vol. 31: Adages I I 1 to I v 100
Vol. 32: Adages I vi 1 to I x 100
Vol. 33: Adages II i 1 to II vi 100
Vol. 34: Adages II vii 1 to III iii 100
Vol. 35: Adages III iv 1 to IV ii 100
Vol. 36: Adages IV iii 1 to V ii 51
APOPHTHEGMATA
Vol. 37-38: Editor: Betty I. Knott. Translators: Elaine Fantham and Betty I. Knott. Published 2014.
COLLOQUIES
Vol. 39-40: Editor: Craig R. Thompson. Published 1997
NEW TESTAMENT SCHOLARSHIP
General Editor: Robert D. Sider
Vol. 41: Introductory Volume
Vol. 42: Paraphrases on Romans and Galatians
Vol. 43: Paraphrases on the Epistles to the Corinthians, the Epistles to the Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
Vol. 44: Paraphrases on the Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, the Epistles of Peter and Jude, the Epistle of James, the Epistle of John, the Epistle to the Hebrews
Vol. 45: Matthew
Vol. 46: Paraphrase on John
Vol. 47: Luke 1-10
Vol. 48: Paraphrase on Luke 11-24
Vol. 49: Paraphrase on Mark
Vol. 50: Paraphrase on the Acts of the Apostles
Vol. 56: Annotations on Romans
Vol. 58: Galatians & Ephesians
PATRISTICS
Vol. 61: Patristic scholarship: the edition of St. Jerome
EXPOSITIONS OF THE PSALMS
Editor: Dominic Baker-Smith
Vol. 63: Enarratio in Primum Psalumum, ‘Beatus vir;’ Commentarius in Psalmum 2, ‘Quare fremuerunt gentes;’ Paraphrasis in Tertium Psalmum, ‘Domine quid multiplicati;’ In Psalmum Quartum concio
Vol. 64: Concionalis interpretatio in Psalmum 85; In Psalmum 22 enarratio triplex; Consultatio de bello Turcis inferendo, et obiter enarratus Psalmus 28; Enarratio Psalmi 33
Vol. 65: Expositions of the Psalms
SPIRITUALIA AND PASTORALIA
Vol. 66: Spiritualia: Enchiridion; De contemptu mundi; De vidua christiana
Vol. 67: Exomologesis sive modus confitendi, Ecclesiastes sive de ratione concionandi (Book
1).
Vol. 68: Ecclesiastes sive de ratione concionandi (Books 2-4)
Vol. 69: Precatio ad virginis filium Iesum; Paean virgini matri; Obsecratio ad Virginem Mariam; Precatio Dominica; Liturgia Virginis Matris; Precatio pro pace ecclesiae; Precationes aliquot novae; Virginis et martyris comparatio; Epistola consolatoria; Institutio Christiani matrimonii
Vol. 70: Spiritualia and pastoralia: Disputatiuncula de taedio, pavore, tristicia Iesu; Concio de immensa Dei misericordia; Modus orandi Deum; Explanatio symboli apostolorum sive catechismus; De praeparatione ad mortem
CONTROVERSIES
The Louvain Circle
Vol. 71: Epistola ad Doprium; Apologia contra Latomi dialogum; Apologia pro declamatione matrimonii; Acata Academiae Lovaniensis contra Lutherum; Axiomata Erasmi pro causa Lutheri; Consiliumcuiusdam; Manifesta Mendacia
Vol. 72: Apologia qua respondet duabus invectivis Eduardi Lei; Responsio ad annotationes Eduardi Lei
Vol. 73: Apologia de In principio erat verbum, Apologia de loco omnes quidem resurgemus,
Responsio ad iuvenem gerontodidascalum, Epistola de esu carnium and scholia.
The Spanish Theologians
Vol. 75: Apologia adversus monachos Hispanos, Responsio adversus febricitantis cuiusdam
labellum, Adversus Graculos.
The German Reformers
Vol. 76: De libero arbitrio; Hyperaspistes liber unus; Assertio omnium articulorum Martini Lutheri per bullam Leonis x novissimam damnatorum, articulus 36
Vol. 77: Hyperaspistes 2
Vol. 78: Spongia, Praestigiarum detectio, Contra pseudevangelicos, Responsio ad fratres
Germaniae inferioris, Admonitio adversus mendacium, Adversus calumniosissimam
epistolam Martini Lutheri
The Paris Theologians
Vol. 82: Controversies, declarationes, ad censuras lutetiae, vulgatas sub nomine, facultatis theologiae parisiensis
Vol. 83: Apologia ad Fabrum; Appendix de scriptis Clithovei; Dilutio; Responsio ad disputationem de divortio
Vol. 84: Responsio ad epistolam paraeneticam Alberti Pii ; Apologia adversus rhapsodias Alberti Pii ; Brevissima Scholia
POETRY
CONTEMPORARIES OF ERASMUS
A BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION (CEBR)
Editor: Peter G. Bietenholz; Associate Editor: Thomas B. Deutscher
Volume 1: A-E Published 1985
Volume 2: F-M Published 1986
Volume 3: N-Z Published 1987
One-volume paperback Published 2003