Accession number
PML 198714
Creator
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.
Published
Basileæ : Typis Genathianis, M. DC. LXXVI. [i.e. 1676]
Credit line
Purchased on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, 2021.
Notes
Added t.p., engraved, Mōrias enkōmion (romanized). Stvltitiae Lavs. Des. Erasmi Rot. Declamatio. Figvris Holbenianis adornata. Basiliae. M.DC LXXVI [1676] H. Holbein Delin. C.M. Sculp.
Engravings by Caspar Merian after illustrations by Hans and Ambrosius Holbein, originally added to a copy of Froben 1515 edition of Stultitiae laus for Oswald Myconius (now in Basel, Kunstmuseum, Kupferstichkabinet).
Signatures: a-e⁸ A-Y⁸ ($⁵, -K$¹-²,⁵ signed).
In Latin with marginal notes also in Greek and Hebrew.
Woodcut initials, folded plates, ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, printer's device.
Eight illustrations (7 folded) tipped into blank spots in text or over faint block in text.
Dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, leaves a2v-a5v.
Engravings by Caspar Merian after illustrations by Hans and Ambrosius Holbein, originally added to a copy of Froben 1515 edition of Stultitiae laus for Oswald Myconius (now in Basel, Kunstmuseum, Kupferstichkabinet).
Signatures: a-e⁸ A-Y⁸ ($⁵, -K$¹-²,⁵ signed).
In Latin with marginal notes also in Greek and Hebrew.
Woodcut initials, folded plates, ornamental headpieces and tailpieces, printer's device.
Eight illustrations (7 folded) tipped into blank spots in text or over faint block in text.
Dedicated to Jean-Baptiste Colbert, leaves a2v-a5v.
Description
[80], 336, [12] p. (last page blank) : ill. (some folded, part. mounted), ports. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Inscriptions/Markings
Long Latin inscription regarding authorship of Stultitiae laus, 18th century (front endleaf 1 recto).
Provenance
Unidentified Dutch inscription, 8 Jan. 1825 (front pastedown); Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Florisatus Fine Books on the Curt F. Bühler Fund, June 2021.
Binding
17th/18th-century stiff vellum.
Classification
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Department