ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS ROTERODAMUS. - PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED BY HANS HOLBEIN.

Morias enkomion (Greek). Stultitiae laus. Des. Erasmi Rot. declamatio, cum commentariis Ger. Listrii & Figuris Jo. Holbenii. Ex codice Academiae Basiliensis. Accedunt, Dedicatio Illustrissimo Colberto. Praefatio Caroli Patini. Vita Erasmi. Catalogus operum Erasmi. Vita Holbenii pictoris Bas. Opera Holbenii. Epistola Ger. Listrii ad Jo. Paludanum. Praefatio Erasmi ad Th. Morum. Epistola Erasmi ad Mart. Dorpium. Epistola Erasmi ad Th. Morum. Epistola Th. Mori ad Mart. Dorpium. Index rerum & vocum.

Basel, Genethianis, 1676. 8vo. Contemp. full vellum. 2 small nicks to vellum at fronthinge. Engraved title-page and printed title-page. (70),336,(12) pp. The printed titlepage with engraved vignette. 2 full-page engravings (portrait of Erasmus by Holbein and Erasmus' Memorial Stone). With 78 textengravings by Hans Holbein (engraved by Casper Merian), some of which are tipped in and folded, some printed in the text. Lacks the 2 portraits of Holbein the Elder and Holbein the Younger. Some leaves in the middle with faint browning in lower part. 2 of the tipped-in engravings with a bit of repair. Printed on good paper.

These are the most famous illustrations of The Praise of Folly.

First edition of "ThePraise of Folly" with Hans Holbein's illustrations. The work is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation. Its role stem from the foundation of critique which the essay laid against the practices of the Church and its political allies.
Graesse II:495. - Brunet II:1037.

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