Morias enkomion [Greek] Stultitiae Laus. Des. Erasmi Rot. Declamatio, Cum commentariis Ger Listrii, & figuris Jo Holbenii E codice academiae Basiliensis Accedunt vita Erasmi vita Holbenii et epistolae Erasmi
by ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Basel.: Genathianis., 1676. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition with Holbein's illustrations. 8vo. Engraved additional title- page, full-page engraved portraits of Erasmus, Holbein the Elder and Holbein the Younger, engraved transcription of Erasmus' memorial stone, & 81 illustrations (6 mounted and folding), all (with the possible exception of 3 or 4) engraved by Caspar Merian from drawings by Holbein found in Oswald Myconius' copy of the 1515 Froben edition. Contemporary vellum backed boards, spine with leather label. Covers a little rubbed at edges. Graesse II, 495; Brunet II, 1037. An edition of Erasmus's Praise of Folly, with marginal commentaries by Gerhard Lister, and with the earliest engraved reproductions, which are based on Holbein's drawings in the Froben 1515 edition. A biography of Holbein is followed by a catalogue of sixty of his works, indicating their locations at that time.
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- Roe and Moore (GB)
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- Title
- Morias enkomion [Greek] Stultitiae Laus. Des. Erasmi Rot. Declamatio, Cum commentariis Ger Listrii, & figuris Jo Holbenii E codice academiae Basiliensis Accedunt vita Erasmi vita Holbenii et epistolae Erasmi
- Author
- ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Genathianis.
- Place of Publication
- Basel.
- Date Published
- 1676
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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