ERASME (Didier). Eloge de la folie. Presentation, - Lot 309

ERASME (Didier). Eloge de la folie. Presentation, translation and notes by Jacques and Anne-Marie Yvon from the unique copy of the 1515 edition by J. Froben, illustrated by by Holbein in the Basel Museum. Original woodcuts by Jean Chièze. Paris, Union Latine d'éditions, 1967. Set of 3 volumes in publisher's slipcase, containing: 1°/ One volume bound in publisher's full black leather, decorated on the boards with a gilded depiction of a madman descending a staircase, 181 pp, [1] f., with numerous original woodcuts by Jean Chièze. 2°/ A second volume 23.5x17) in full binding in imitation of the vellum of the with cold-stamped boards, giving a facsimile reproduction facsimile reproduction of the Basel edition (1515), with margin illustrations by Holbein. Paris, Maurice Robert, 1967. 3°/ Dr. Hanspeter Landolt's study of the Basel copy and its drawings. Published on the occasion the fiftieth centenary of Erasmus' birth. 15 pp. in-8°. All in a publisher's box covered in imitation wood veneer lined with red velvet. Edition of 5,000 copies, this one no. 77.