Second edition, printed in the same year as the first, of Erasmus version of the Commentaries on the psalms attributed to Arnobius the Younger, a Christian priest active in 5th-century Gaul. Arnobius interprets the psalms allegorically, relating their content to Christ and the Church. First printed in folio by Froben in Basel in September 1522, the present 4to edition was published shortly after that same year in Cologne by Eucharius Cervicornus. It contains Erasmus preface addressed to Pope Adrian VI, the commentary of Arnobius on the psalms and Erasmus own extensive commentary on psalm 2, Quare fremuerunt gentes.
The present copy is bound in a contemporary Cologne binding, attributed to an anonymous binder active circa 1510. Both boards feature a panel-stamped frame, including three armorial shields of, the city arms of Cologne (ermine field with three open crowns), the arms of the Archbishopric of Cologne (a black cross on a silver field), and a diagonally banded shield, likely the binders own mark. Inside there are two identical rectangular panels made up of a stamp with bird motifs and the motto "Clamo ad te Domine..." ("I call to you, Lord").
With two book plates mounted on the front pastedown ("Thomas Brooke F.S.A. Armitage Bridge" and one with the motto "Pro viribus summis contendo"), a small manuscript cypher ("CP") on the title page, and Erasmus commentary contains manuscript annotations in the margins and on the final blank page by a near-contemporary(?) hand. The binding has been re-backed, the head of the spine is slightly damaged, the corners of the boards are slightly damaged, the original blind-tooled leather on the boards is somewhat dry and cracked, affecting the clarity of the stamps and with some small scratched in the leather on the front board. Some occasional browning and (water-) staining in the margins. Otherwise in good condition. Bezzel 554; Goldschmidt 57; Jenkins 2.1; USTC 613135; Vander Haeghen II, 10; VD 16 B 3132 (and VD 16 E 2460); not in: BM STC German, De Reuck.