ERASMUS. Set of 2 Volumes. - Lot 27

ERASMUS. Set of 2 Volumes. *In Praise of Folly*, composed in the form of a declamation by Erasmus of Rotterdam. With notes by Listrius and beautiful illustrations by Holbenius, newly translated into French by Monsieur Gueudeville, Leiden: Pierre Vander AA, undated. In-12, half-leather binding, ribbed spine, author’s name and title in gold. Illustrated edition with frontispiece and frontispiece title page, two-color printed title page, 312 pages. 6 fold-out plates and 75 vignettes in the text; at the end of the volume, a catalog of books, prints, and maps published by Vander AA. Signs of wear, rubbing, and damage to the binding; title page and the following 2 pages are loose and stained. Included is a volume, *Eloge de la Folie*, in-12 format, full leather binding, smooth spine with decoration, title label, red edges, uncollated and as is. Items may be picked up by appointment starting July 23 in Paris’s 15th arrondissement (Metro: Pasteur), free of charge through September 15.