Erasmus's "Moriae Encomium" with Holbein Plates
L'Eloge de la Folie, composé en forme de Déclaration par Erasme, et traduit par Monsieur Gueudeville, avec Notes de Gerard Listre & les belles Figures de Holbein; le tout sur l'Original de l'Académie de Bale.
a Amsterdam: chez Francois l'Honore, 1745.
Price: $450.00
About the item
Holbein, Hans. 6 folding plates, 74 wood engravings. xxiv, 340, [20]. 1 vols. 12mo. Erasmus's "Moriae Encomium" with Holbein Plates. Full tan contemporary continental calf. some minor loss. Probably a counterfeit imprint (Biblio Eras. VII (1908) p. 166 or Lewine p. 170).
Item #37491
This translation of Ersasmus's "In Praise of Folly is the most popular french translation by Nicolas Guedeville (c. 1654-1721). The plates after Holbein (1497-1543) are equally famous.
