ERASMUS - Lot 559

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ERASMUS - Lot 559
ERASMUS Moriæ Encomium, hoc est, Stultitiæ laus. Lugduni, Gryphe, 1540 (Followed by) De recta latini graecique sermonis pronuntiatione, Des. Erasmi Roterdami dialogus. Paris, Stephani, 1530. 2 works in one volume in-8 : 109pp, 1f. - 158pp, (7). Small paper tears at the upper corners of a few leaves, small worm hole in the foot margin. Contemporary turned leather, framed by double cold fillet, red edges. Latin edition of the Praise of Folly, a satirical speech written in one week by Erasmus during a stay at his friend Thomas Moore's house. The work is dedicated to the latter, the title is a play on words that can be interpreted as an "In praise of More".
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