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Erasmus, Desiderius. The praise of folie. Moriae encomium. A book made in Latin by that great Clerke Erasmus . Edited by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Knight. Anno M.D.XLIX. Edward Arnold, printed at the Essex House Press "under the care of C. R. Ashbee,", [London, 1901.

Price: US$625.00 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 250 copies (this, no. 25); small folio, pp. vi, [2], 87, [1]; woodcuts and ornamental borders drawn by William Strang and cut by Bernard Sleigh; original parchment-backed decorative paper-covered boards, yapp edges, spine lettered in gilt; boards a little warped and with a small split at the top of the front joint; all else very good.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.