New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown; contents clean. Light chipping to the tips of the spine which is rather fragile with a long vertical tear down the center. Good, internally Near Fine, in a Good slipcase with the bottom portion partly split. Lynd Ward. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full black sheep leather with an ivory medallion inset on the front cover. Translated from The Latin text by Harry Carter, with an introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Illustrated with 10 original mezzotints by Lynd Ward hand-pulled in the shop of Charles Furth in New York. Ward also contributes numerous marginal illustrations. Designed by George Macy, letterpress composed and printed on special Worthy paper in black and rubric red by the J.Horace McFarland Company at the Mount Pleasant Press in Harrisburg. Copy #617 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 021599
Title: MORIAE ENCOMIUM; OR, THE PRAISE OF FOLLY
Author: ERASMUS, Desiderius
Illustrator: Lynd Ward
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown; contents clean. Light chipping to the tips of the spine which is rather fragile with a lo
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1943
Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, Philosophy, Lynd Ward, Copper Mezzotints, Classics
Bookseller catalogs: Philosophy;

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Charles Agvent

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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