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724 - L'eloge de la folie, translated from the Latin of Erasmus by…
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L'eloge de la folie, translated from the Latin of Erasmus by M. Gueudeville. New edition revised and corrected on the text of the Basle edition. Decorated with new figures. With notes. In-4° : [8]-xxiv-222-[2] pp. ; 14 h.-t. (some spotting and light russetting). - Copy reprinted on large paper with the text of the in-12, first edition of the 17 copper engravings by Aliamet, Delafosse, Flipart, Tardieu, Le Mire, Martinasie, etc. after Charles Eisen: 14 h.-t. including 1 allegorical front.t. including 1 allegorical frontispiece surrounded by a large ornate frame specific to in-4° editions and 13 numeral plates in Roman numerals (placed in the order of the table of explanation of the plates and not in numerical order), 1 title vignette, 1 entablature and 1 cul-de-lampe. First edition by Anne-Gabriel Meusnier de Querlon (1702-1780), with his notes, based on the French translation by Gueudeville (1713). - ref. Cohen 348. - Conlon 51:602. - Bibl. Erasmiana VII:167-171. - Prov. Casimir de Persan (1750-1815), bibliophile, librarian of the town of Dole (ex-libris).
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Auction time 06/25/2026 at 1:00 PM
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