ERASMUS (of) Rot(terdam), Des(iderius). Morias enkomion (Greek) Stvltitiae laus ... Declamatio, Cum commentariis Ger. Listrii & figuris Jo. Holbenii. E codice Academiae Basiliensis... Basle, J. R. Genath 1676.
8°. (40) lvs., 336 pp., (6) lvs. Additional engraved title, vignette on printed title, 4 full-page plates (1 portrait of Erasmus, his epitaph, both after Holbein, 2 portraits of Holbein, 81 text engravings, all or most of them after Holbein (6 pasted and folded as a strip). All plates engraved by Caspar Merian. Head- and tail-pieces. Thus complete. 18th century leather (front joint broken, rear joint, corners and edges rubbed), spine gilt, gilt-stamped spine label. First edition with these illustrations. The drawings were found in Oswald Myconius' copy of the 1515 Froben edition and they represent one of the earliest work by H. Holbein. Probably 3 or 4 drawings are by an other hand (see Schmid in the Facsimile edition, Basle 1931). Front end-paper with a large engraved bookplate (Arenberg library) rear end-paper with another bookplate. Slightly browned throughout (some lvs, end-papers and fly-lvs. more), somewhat stained. Printed title with small worm-track (restored), a few lvs. with marginal paper defects (all not touching text / engravings). Some plates printed less clear. V.d. Haeghen I, 125; Graesse II, 495; Brunet II, 1037; Thieme / Becker XVII, 355 (Holbein) and XXIV, 413 (K. Merian).
Euro2000
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