Lot 30
In Praise of Folly – Erasmus – Basel, 1780
Lob der narrheit, Erasmus von Rotterdam. Published by Johann Jacob Thurneysen, jünger. Basel, 1780. German.
German translation of the satiric composition "In Praise of Folly" by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, in which he criticizes the Catholic Church, with eighty-three woodcuts and a frontispiece engraving of Erasmus's portrait after a painting by Hans Holbein.
[1] engraved plate, [14] leaves, 396 pp, 19 cm. Good condition. Stains and foxing. Damp stains. Rebound.
