L' Eloge de la folie, Compose en forme de Declamation, par Erasme, et traduit par Mr. Gueudeville. Avec les notes de Gerard Listre, & les belles figures de Holbein: Le tout sur Original de Academie de Bale... NOUVELLE EDITION.
Amsterdam: Francois L'Honore, 1735. Holbein. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #49560
Small 8vo. Pp. [22], 340, [18]. Complete with 8 folding plates and 75 woodcuts in the text. Later eighteenth-century edition of Erasmus's satire attacking the superstitions and corruption of European society. Translated by Nicolas Gueudeville, whose eighteenth-century French versions helped popularize the work during the Enlightenment, with notes by Gerard Listre, and illustrated with the well-known woodcuts attributed to Hans Holbein. Contemporary full calf, gilt tooling to compartments and red morocco title label in gilt. Early ownership signature to first blank. Upper cover splitting at the top joint, but still firm and holding well. Clean and bright throughout, plates in excellent condition, one with a small tape repair to the margin. A very good copy.
Price (CAD): $700.00