ERASME - L’Éloge de la folie, traduit du latin d’Erasme par M. Gueudeville. - 1757

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ERASME, L’Éloge de la folie, translated from Latin by M. Gueudeville, illustrated edition published in 1757, in French, 254 pages, 15.3 x 9.5 cm, in good condition.

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ERASME
The Praise of Folly, translated from Latin by Erasmus by M. Gueudeville.
1757

In-12 (9.5 x 15.3 cm), (4) fff., XXIV-222 pp., bound. Red morocco with a long grain, spine with raised bands, gilt dentelle framing the boards, gilt rolling on the edges and turn-ins, gilded edges. Danish binding of 1800. Heads, corners and joints slightly rubbed, pale stain on the second board.

Illustrated edition by Charles Eisen with a frontispiece, 13 plates, banners and tailpieces. It is “revised & corrected from the text of the Basel edition.”

From the library of Sigurd & Gudrun Wandel, with bookplate. Sigurd Wandel was a painter who became director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. And bookplate of bibliophile Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker.

Manuscript ex-libris in brown ink on the title: “Edu Matheur”

ERASME
The Praise of Folly, translated from Latin by Erasmus by M. Gueudeville.
1757

In-12 (9.5 x 15.3 cm), (4) fff., XXIV-222 pp., bound. Red morocco with a long grain, spine with raised bands, gilt dentelle framing the boards, gilt rolling on the edges and turn-ins, gilded edges. Danish binding of 1800. Heads, corners and joints slightly rubbed, pale stain on the second board.

Illustrated edition by Charles Eisen with a frontispiece, 13 plates, banners and tailpieces. It is “revised & corrected from the text of the Basel edition.”

From the library of Sigurd & Gudrun Wandel, with bookplate. Sigurd Wandel was a painter who became director of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. And bookplate of bibliophile Pierre Mouriau de Meulenacker.

Manuscript ex-libris in brown ink on the title: “Edu Matheur”

Details

Number of books
1
Subject
Philosophy
Book title
L’Éloge de la folie, traduit du latin d’Erasme par M. Gueudeville.
Author/ Illustrator
ERASME
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1757
Height
15.3 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
9.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
No
Number of pages
254
FranceVerified
107
Objects sold
100%
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