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In praise of folly / edited with an essay of appreciation by Horace Bridges. Also the pictures of Holbein etched in the author's time, to which are added Mr. Angarola's conception of the period & drawings by way of contemporary comment by Gene Markey, esqre.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection PA8514 .E5 1925
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Contributor:
Bridges, Horace J. (Horace James), 1880-1955, editor.
Kennett, White, 1660-1728, translator.
Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543, illustrator.
Standardized Title:
Moriae encomium. English
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Folly.
Penn Provenance:
Wolf, Howard A. (bookplate)
Physical Description:
lvii, 208 pages : including plates. frontispiece, plates ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Praise of folly.
Place of Publication:
Chicago : P. Covici, 1925.
Notes:
Translation by White Kennett, bishop of Peterborough.
"This edition is limited to eleven hundred numbered copies ..."
At head of title: Erasmus.
Local Notes:
This is copy no. 321.
OCLC:
2025216

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