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Erasmi Roterodami Encomium moriae, i.e. Stultitiae laus = Lob der Torheit : Basler Ausgabe von 1515 : mit den Randzeichnungen von Hans Holbein d. J. : in Faksimile / mit einer Einführung herausgegeben von Heinr. Alfred Schmid.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PA8512 1931 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
- Standardized Title:
- Moriae encomium
- Language:
- German
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Folly.
- Penn Provenance:
- Wolf, Howard A. (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Encomium moriae.
- Stultitiae laus.
- Lob der Torheit.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel : Henning Oppermann Verlag, 1931.
- Notes:
- Original title reads: Erasmi Roterodami [mōrias enkōmion] .i. Stulticiae laus, libellus uere aureus ... Gerardi Listrij ... com[m]entarijs explanatus.
- Facsimile reproduction of the copy in the Public Art Collection of Basel, originally owned and annotated by O. Mykonius, with 82 pen and ink drawings in the margins, in part by Hans Holbein the younger, in part by his brother Ambrose, and, according to some authorities, in part by two other (unknown) artists.
- Title taken from v. 2, which contains the introduction (VIII, 96 p.; labeled "Text").
- Vol. 1, containing the facsimile, is part of the English-language edition published by Oppermann in the same year; description in English on leaf following facsim.
- "750 copies have been printed, of which 700 copies are for sale ..."
- In slip case.
- Bibliography: volume 2, pages 91-93.
- Local Notes:
- Copy no. 536.
- OCLC:
- 31041465
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