ERASME. - Lot 10

ERASME. L'Eloge de la Folie. S.l., s.n., 1751. In-4, new edition revised and corrected on the text of the Basle edition by M. Guedeuville and illustrated by Charles Eisen with a beautiful frontispiece engraved by Martinasie under the direction of M. Le Bas, a title vignette, a header vignette, a final cul-de-lampe vignette and 13 hors-texte plates. Engraved by Aliamet, De la Fosse, Flipart, Legrand, Le Mire, Martinasie, Pinssio and Tardieu. A fine copy on large paper reprinted in in-4 format, complete with frontispiece and framing reserved for this edition, the third engraving in an avant la lettre edition. Bound in contemporary full marbled calf, boards framed in triple gilt fillet, 5-rib spine decorated with fleur-de-lys and acanthus leaves, red morocco title-pieces, double fillet on the edges, all edges red. (slight foxing, small hole on table page and flyleaf).