Eloge de la Folie Nouvellement Traduit du Latin d'Erasme Par M. de la Veaux - Avec les Figures de Jean Holbein Gravees d'Apres les Dessins Originaux

Erasme / Erasmus / Desiderus Erasmus

Verlag: J.J. Thurneysen, Basle (Basel), 1780

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Eloge de la Folie Nouvellement Traduit du Latin d'Erasme Par M. de la Veaux - Avec les Figures de Jean Holbein Gravees d'Apres les Dessins Originaux. Imprime avec des caracteres de G. Haas. Chez J.J. Thurneysen, le Jeune. A Basle. MDCCLXXX. Text in French. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Erasmus by Granicher after the portrait by Holbein. Contains numerous woodcut illustrations in the text (a total of 82 figures throughout, including 6 full-page, as issued). Scarce illustrated edition in French, with woodcuts after Holbein, of the satire Moriae Encomium, or Praise of Folly, printed in 1780 in the town Erasmus had made his home, & in which he had made the acquaintance of Holbein, the first illustrator of this work. With Avertissement de l'Editeur, plus Preface d'Erasme Adressee a Thomas Morus at front. "Erasmus of Rotterdam (c.1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work." Laid paper, edges untrimmed. Some pages misnumbered. UNBOUND in unlettered plain wraps (text block only). NOTE: A FAIR COPY ONLY. Lacks both front & rear covers, sewn text block split almost in half, upper margin stain throughout rear half of book, p.116 with printed overlay repair, mild foxing, otherwise a complete copy. Pagination complete. Ideal for rebinding. xvi + 392pp. RARE. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001186

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Titel: Eloge de la Folie Nouvellement Traduit du ...

Verlag: J.J. Thurneysen, Basle (Basel)

Erscheinungsdatum: 1780

Einband: Wraps

Zustand: Fair

Auflage: First Thus