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1545314899Argentorati Strasbourg: Vuendelinus Rihelius Wendelin Rihel 1545. Fourth edition of the Calvin; second Froben folio edition of the Erasmus. Collation alpha-gamma6 delta4 A-Z6 a-s6 t-v4 v4 blank present. Pp. 431 505 3 blank. Errata at foot of index p. 43. 1 vols. Folio 11-3/4 x 8 inches. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards with metal clasps. With 8 pages of contemporary Latin notes loosely inserted; contemporary marginalia throughout second work. L2 in Calvin with old ink stains not affecting legibility; some wear along one bottom edge of binding. Manuscript prayer in Latin on lower pastedown. Small later paper label on upper cover "Bibliothèque de Spietz". A handsome copy. Fourth edition of the Calvin; second Froben folio edition of the Erasmus. Collation alpha-gamma6 delta4 A-Z6 a-s6 t-v4 v4 blank present. Pp. 431 505 3 blank. Errata at foot of index p. 43. 1 vols. Folio 11-3/4 x 8 inches. Calvin's 'Instutitio': Cornerstone of Liberty. "Calvin's 'Institution of the Christian Religion' was the first systematic statement of a Reformed Church. It is the most important doctrinal work of the Reformation as a whole and provided a comprehensive theological system rivaling those of the Middle Ages . Calvinism's most important role despite Calvin's authoritarian influences was to support the movement for liberty and independence in many parts of the world" Printing and the Mind of Man 65. First published in Basel in 1536 the "Institutio was much revised taking its final form in 1559" PMM. Calvin understood the importance of vernacular translations in the transmission of ideas made possible by the printing press and prepared a French edition in 1541. This fourth edition follows closely and corrects the third edition printed in 1543. All early editions are uncommon.<br/><br/>Calvin 1509-64 drew upon St. Augustine and Luther as well as upon classical sources including Plato and Seneca; his work addressed theological issues and also notably the relations between ecclesiastical and civil government. The contemporary annotations often callouts of classical authors and shoulder notes with a few pointing hands are most extensive in the first six chapters again in chapter sixteen on the Lord's Prayer where Melanchthon is cited but appear throughout. <br/><br/>The first work in this well preserved contemporary binding is the second Froben folio edition of Erasmus Ecclesiastes Basel: Froben 1539. OCLC 632887280 BSB Augsburg Univ. Basel. Collation a-z6A-M6N4O-Q6. Pp. 439 1 blank 18 index imprint date 1540 1 blank 1 Froben's device. This was first published in Basel in 1535. The manuscript notes refer to in the early passages of this work. The Bibliotheque de Spietz was dispersed at auction in 1874. The von Erlach family had been established at Bern since the early sixteenth century. Calvin: PMM 65; Adams C357; VD16 C 291; Peter & Gilmont Bib. Calviniana 45/5; En français dans le texte 59 for 1560 ed. Erasmus: Bezzel 823 Adams E632; VD16 E 2723 Vuendelinus Rihelius [Wendelin Rihel] unknown books
15132454Basel: and Strasbourg: and Paris:: Io. Froben and Excusum per Renatum Beck in aedibus zum Thiergarten and Jean Petit In vico Sancti Iacobi 1515 and 1515 and 1513. THIRD FROBEN EDITION of the "Praise of Folly". The two prior editions also appeared in 1515. Written in 1509 as a visitor's gift to Thomas More whose name -Morus- was so aptly similar to the Greek "moros" folly the "Moriae Encomium" was first printed by Gilles de Gourmont at Paris probably in 1511. The first of the Froben editions appeared in 1515. This copy is bound with the "Germania" of Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini Pope Pius II together with the "Responsio" of Jakob Wimpfeling; and an edition of Lactantius edited by Gilles de Maizières and printed at Paris by Jean Petit. Large Quarto:. 20.2 x 15 cm. 3 works bound in one volume: I. Piccolomini: i-iv A-B4 C8 D-E4 F8 G-H4 I8 K-L4 M8 N-O4 P6. II. Lactantius: A6 B4 a-z8/4 A-D8/4 E6 F-N8/4 O6 P4. III. "Praise of Folly": a-h4 a-z4 A-B4 C6 Bound in contemporary quarter alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards with working clasps and catches. The pigskin is tooled in blind with repeating vines and floral rolls. The text and binding are beautifully preserved. The contents are fresh and bright with wide margins and a number of deckled edges. Excellent. The "Germania" has a fine title page printed in red and black and surrounded by a fine woodcut border. The printer's beautiful device by Hans Baldung Grien appears on the final leaf. The Lactantius has Jean Petit's device on the title page. The text is adorned with fine floriated criblé initials. A contemporary reader has annotated the "De Opificio Dei" densely in Latin and added a long Latin poem to the final two leaves. The "Praise of Folly" has a fine Holbein border with the decapitation of John the Baptist in the lower register and affine woodcut border with a fool by Urs Graf on the contents leaf. This edition includes the original dedicatory letter to Thomas More whose name Erasmus plays upon cleverly in the title of the work; and the letter to Martin Dorp in which Erasmus explains his motives for writing the "Moria": "My aim in the 'Folly' was exactly the same as in my other works. Only the presentation was different. In the 'Enchiridion' I simply outlined the pattern of a Christian life. In my little book the 'Education of a Christian Prince' I offered plain advice on how to instruct a prince. In my 'Panegyric' I did the same under the veil of eulogy as I had done elsewhere explicitly. And in the 'Folly' I expressed the same ideas as in the 'Enchiridion' but in the form of a joke." The Froben edition is augmented with a number of other texts See the final paragraphs of this description.Praise of Folly:"The 'Praise of Folly' is Erasmus' most famous and controversial work… In Erasmus' lifetime the 'Moria' was condemned in 1527 by the theologians of Paris for its attacks on faith and morality and again in 1533 by the Franciscans who found it full of heresies. The officials of the Sorbonne put it on the list of condemned books in 1542 and 1543 a list that was the basis of the Tridentine Index of 1564…"The 'Moria' may start as a learned joke to amuse a fellow humanist Thomas More but it moves into sharp criticism of contemporary mores and ends with a plea for a return to the Christianity of the Gospels… Erasmus writes in a Lucianic spirit of irreverent burlesque of the gods of classical mythology and light-hearted amusement at the irrationality of mankind. Folly argues that she is all that is natural youthful fecund and happy and that life would be intolerable if it were not ruled by civilized conventions which necessitate a degree of humbug and illusion. By contrast the Stoic ideal rational man is a 'kind of marble statue of a man devoid of sense and any sort of human feeling.' She then shifts her viewpoint and lists the people who enjoy her benefits in so far as they try to preserve their illusions or are happy in their ignorance self-deception or self-love. She even adds superstitious piety to alchemy gambling and the nobility's obsession with hunting and extravagant building…"Next Erasmus starts to deliver a sharp and often bitter attack on all the victims of blind folly those who are deaf to the voice of true religion and lacking the gentler Christian virtues among whom are sycophants self-seekers money-makers pedants scholastics lawyers theologians superstitious worshippers of images and relics courtiers and kings worldly monks and irreligious pontiffs. This section culminates in a savage thrust at Pope Julius II the bellicose pope. The keen wit and ingenuity of the satire can be highly entertaining but there is no note of gaiety now. As Erasmus surveys the gulf between the Church and the 'true philosophy of Christ' he moves into the final section where the alternative offered to barren scholasticism is the vision of reality taken from Plato and folly in the sense used by Saint Paul that of receptivity to the Christian message by the 'fool in Christ.' All irony is dropped until the final short epilogue when Folly light-heartedly cuts short her 'hotch-potch of words'; this is a direct and simply worded account of Erasmus' personal belief moving into an exposition of the Neoplatonist concept that the soul's ascent to beatitude ends in ecstasy a form of folly which is its supreme fulfillment."Betty Radice CWE Vol. 27 pp. 78 ff.Piccolomini's "Germania":Shortly after 1455 Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini came into possession of the recently rediscovered manuscript of Tacitus' "Germania" the most important ancient account of Germany in the first century. In response to a letter from the Bishop of Mainz lamenting the miserable state of the Holy Roman Empire Piccolomini wrote his "Germania" based on Tacitus' own in which he demonstrates that the present high level of German culture as compared with the barbarous past as presented by Tacitus is an accomplishment of the Church. This edition includes the important response by Jakob Wimpfeling in defense of the ancestors of the Germans.Additional "Moria" texts:The Froben editions of the 'Moria' contain in addition to Erasmus' main text two ancient examples of the mock-encomium Seneca's "Ludus de Morte Claudii Caesaris" and Synesius of Cyrene's "De Laudibus Calvitii" "In Praise of Baldness" translated from the Greek by the Englishman John Phreas d. 1465. In his introductory letter to Thomas More Erasmus cites both the "Ludus" and the "Praise of Baldness" in a pre-emptive defense against those who will object to his literary frivolity "levitas et ludicrum argumenti" pp. 102-104 in this edition. The text of the "Moria" is accompanied by the commentary of Gerard Listrius with assistance from Erasmus. I. "Germania": BM STC German p. 701 = Proctor 10307. Not in Adams. Panzer VI.75.410. Ritter 1878. Muller Bibliographie Strasbourgeoise II 228 no. 26. Schmidt Beck 21. II. Lactantius: Adams L-14; BSB-Ink L-13; HC 9819; Moreau Inventaire chronologique II 637. III. "Praise of Folly": Vander Haeghen I 122; Kossmann 967; Bezzel 1304; Not in De Reuck; BM STC German p. 282; Adams E 392; VD 16E 3184 Io. Froben, and Excusum per Renatu[m] Beck in aedibus zum Thiergarten, and Jean Petit, In vico Sancti Iacobi, 1515 and 1515 and books
1713100202Small 8vo full leather illustrated 312 pp. Binding worn in places top hinge cracked bottom starting one folding plate repaired internally quite clean. Contains 81 illustrations including six folding plates. The text is satire that pokes fun at everyone from Kings to common folk. It is considered one of the great works of satire. The plates are after designs by Hans Hoblien 1497-1543. Pierre Vander hardcover books
174558075Amsterdam: L'Honore 1745. hardcover. very good. Traduit par M. Gueudeville. Rubricated title and edges 2 folding plates and many charming woodcuts within the text after Holbein. 340 pages index 12mo cont. calf rubbed ornately gilt spine. Amsterdam: F. L'Honore 1745. VEry good.<br/><br/> Counterfeit edition with 340pp. See Lewine p. 170.<br/><br/> L'Honore unknown books
1713119302Leiden: Vander Aa 1713. hardcover. very good. Traduite par M. Gueudeville. Title in red & black; Frontispiece and extra engraving trimmed; 4 folding copperplates & a profusion of copperplates in the text all after Holbein. 12mo old vellum worn one of the folding plates torn at fold. Leiden: P. vander Aa 1713. Very good .<br/><br/> Scarce edition includes the publisher's 16pp. list of books maps etc.<br/><br/> Vander Aa unknown books
32242hardcover. Traduit par M. Gueudeville. Nouvelle Edn. revue & corrigee. Title in red & black with large vignette. Frontis. & 13 copperplates after Charles Eisen head- and tail-pieces. 12mo cont. mottled calf back gilt. n.p. 1757.<br/><br/> Fine plates engraved by Aliamet Flipart Tardieu & others. Lewine p. 170.<br/><br/> unknown books
1777008900Roi Neuchâtel Switzerland: chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel 1777. First Edition Thus. Half Leather. Very Good /No Dj. engraved plates. Lacking title page but clearly the edition of 1777 of Chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel with the double frontispiece featuring the portraits of Erasmus Thomas Moore and Holbein. 8vo. rebound in navy half leather over light blue cloth c. early 20th century no title page double engraved frontispieces plus 6 engraved foldout plates 73 half page plates in text and 3 engraved vignettes. Frontis 2 advertissement nouvelle edition 2 translators preface 6 author's preface 6 234 tables 14 and gilt titles and decorations on rasied spine. Small scuff to light blue cloth at front cover a few small stains rear cover. Corners gently bumped and very modestly worn. Binding tight and firm. Text and and plates slightly toned but remarkably unfoxed better than very good condition. chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel unknown books
1713181158Leide.: Pierre Vander Aa. 1713 . 1st French translation. Contemporary full vellum over hard boards handwritten spine title. . Cover very lightly soiled and warped otherwise a remarkably well-preserved copyvery light scattered foxing. 12mo. 16x9.8 cm. . Published by Vander Aa the famous mapmaker with a catalog of books maps and atlases in pp. 297-312. weight: 0.7 lb. 74 text engravings and 6 folding plates after Holbein. 2 frontis engravings. Pierre Vander Aa. hardcover books
1717146426Amsterdam: Wetstein 1717. hardcover. very good. Traduite Nouvellement par M. Gueudeville. Title page in red & black extra engraved t.p. Illustrated with 72 in-text copper- plates and 6 double-page plates. 34 304 16pp. 1 leaf missing p. 47-48 and 1 plate crudely hand-colored. 12mo contemporary calf- backed marbled boards with gilt-decorated spines rubricated edges. Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein 1717. Scarce. Very good .<br/><br/> Facing engraved t.p. is a trimmed & mounted plate with portraits of Erasmus More & Holbein.<br/><br/> Wetstein unknown books
174537491a Amsterdam: chez Francois l'Honore 1745. 6 folding plates 74 wood engravings. xxiv 340 20. 1 vols. 12mo. Full tan contemporary continental calf. some minor loss. Holbein Hans. 6 folding plates 74 wood engravings. xxiv 340 20. 1 vols. 12mo. Erasmus's "Moriae Encomium" with Holbein Plates. This translation of Ersasmus's "In Praise of Folly is the most popular french translation by Nicolas Guedeville c. 1654-1721. The plates after Holbein 1497-1543 are equally famous. Probably a counterfeit imprint Biblio Eras. VII 1908 p. 166 or Lewine p. 170 chez Francois l'Honore unknown books
1731042362Amsterdam: L'Honoré 1731. Early Edition. Hardcover Vellum. Very Good Condition. Full contemporary vellum gilt-stamped G.V. W on the front page edges gilt marble end papers modest soiling some small stains to cover. 6 folding plates after Holbein and 75 in text illustrations. Size: Octavo 8vo. Scattered foxing but text mostly clean. Previous owner's inscription in ink neat. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Philosophy. Inventory No: 042362. <br/><br/> L'Honoré hardcover books
1751WRCLIT45949Paris 1751. 6xxiv2222pp. Quarto. Full deep plum straight-grain morocco elaborately stamped in blind lettered and ruled in gilt gilt inner dentelles gilt borders on endsheets a.e.g. Title in red and black. Frontis and fourteen engraved plates engraved head- and tail- pieces. Extremities a bit worn narrow scrapes at fore-tips of lower board armorial bookplate on pastedown slight offset from plates to facing pages; a very good copy. First edition of this translation accompanied by notes by Meunier de Querlon. The frontis plates title-vignette and head- and tail-pieces are engraved by various hands after designs by Charles Eisen. This is a large-paper copy 23.8 x 17.4 cm with the fourteen plates inlaid into larger sheets and with the frontis framed and etched by P.F. Martenasie under the direction of "Mr. Le Bas." SALOMONS pp.98-9. COHEN-DE RICCI VI pp.348-9. unknown books
1752D157021752. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. Contemporary calf; a.e.g. Binding crudely repaired with tape. 4 XXIV 222 pp. This book enchanced with 14 finely engraved plates plates in very good condition. Formerly in the collection of the College of New Rochelle Library with corresponding bookplate and stamps. House in a very handsome burgundy clamshell box with labels lettered in gilt. Sold as is. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1953131274Bogota: Editorial Iqueima 1953. 198p. text entirely in the Spanish language; stiff wraps with dj formerly in the library of Harvard professor Gordon F. Wiley donated to Tozzer Library but rejected with stamp to that effect inside front cover. Long inscription in English by author to Wiley includes the note "Had it not been for your eventful letter to me dated April 18 1950 I would not be an anthropologist today. Editorial Iqueima unknown books
199996022New York: Painted Leaf Press 1999. Paperback. 220p. very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Painted Leaf Press paperback books
1868276430Boston. : Boston Nautical College. 1868. . Original green cloth gilt cover title no spine title. . Covers lightly soiled and worn scattered foxing and toning owner’s pencil name to title page otherwise very good. . . 8vo. Boston Nautical College. hardcover books
1642D15696Leiden Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Ioannis Maire 1642; 1649. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. pp XXXIV 394 2 blank. Contemporary vellum. Title page engraved; contains second t.p. which says 1649. Early annotation to blank preceding title. A very nice copy. Formerly in the collection of the College of New Rochelle Library and housed in their handsome burgundy clamshell box with labels lettered in gilt. <br/><br/> Ex officina Ioannis Maire hardcover books
1871D10910New York: E. D. Hudson 1871. Paperback. Very Good. Printed wraps; 8vo; pp. 47 illustrated. Covers chipped and torn along the edges; corners chipped throughout. Numeric sticker on front cover and withdrawal label of the Library of the Medical Society of the Co. of Kings on inside front cover otherwise no library markings. Uncommon. <br/><br/> E. D. Hudson paperback books
41242Margin: 75x44 mm. All sides trimmed. unknown books
16632980Oxford: W. Hall & F. Oxlad 1663. 16mo. 2 parts in 1. 382pp. lacking the final leaf as usual blank except for a printed title line. 19th century black pebbled morocco spine a bit rubbed but quite nice. A scarce English printing of this title. Wing E3206; Madan OXFORD BOOKS #2638. W. Hall & F. Oxlad unknown books
15242455Paris:: Jodocus Badius Ascensius 1524. FIRST COMPLETE BADIUS EDITION. Quarto:. 19.8 x 14.5 cm. CXX leaves. Collation: a-p8 Bound in contemporary limp vellum lightly soiled. The contents are in very good condition with a few pencil annotations and light soiling to the title page. With Badius' device of his print shop the “Praelum Ascensianum†showing printers working a press on the title page. With large attractive crible initials and smaller charming historiated initials. Passages in Greek. A fine unsophisticated copy of this rare edition. From the personal library of Bob and Emily De Graaf. The rare 1524 Parisian “Praise of Folly†printed by Erasmus’ friend the scholar-printer Badius Ascensius who printed the first authorized edition in 1512. This edition contains all of the supplementary texts found in the Froben edition of 1516 including the dedicatory letter to Thomas More whose name Erasmus plays upon cleverly in the title of the work; and the letter to Martin Dorp in which Erasmus explains his motives for writing the “Moriaâ€: “My aim in the ‘Folly’ was exactly the same as in my other works. Only the presentation was different. In the ‘Enchiridion’ I simply outlined the pattern of a Christian life. In my little book the ‘Education of a Christian Prince’ I offered plain advice on how to instruct a prince. In my ‘Panegyric’ I did the same under the veil of eulogy as I had done elsewhere explicitly. And in the ‘Folly’ I expressed the same ideas as in the ‘Enchiridion’ but in the form of a joke.†“The ‘Praise of Folly’ is Erasmus’ most famous and controversial work… In Erasmus’ lifetime the ‘Moria’ was condemned in 1527 by the theologians of Paris for its attacks on faith and morality and again in 1533 by the Franciscans who found it full of heresies. The officials of the Sorbonne put it on the list of condemned books in 1542 and 1543 a list that was the basis of the Tridentine Index of 1564… “The ‘Moria’ may start as a learned joke to amuse a fellow humanist Thomas More but it moves into sharp criticism of contemporary mores and ends with a plea for a return to the Christianity of the Gospels… Erasmus writes in a Lucianic spirit of irreverent burlesque of the gods of classical mythology and light-hearted amusement at the irrationality of mankind. Folly argues that she is all that is natural youthful fecund and happy and that life would be intolerable if it were not ruled by civilized conventions which necessitate a degree of humbug and illusion. By contrast the Stoic ideal rational man is a ‘kind of marble statue of a man devoid of sense and any sort of human feeling.’ She then shifts her viewpoint and lists the people who enjoy her benefits in so far as they try to preserve their illusions or are happy in their ignorance self-deception or self-love. She even adds superstitious piety to alchemy gambling and the nobility’s obsession with hunting and extravagant building… “Next Erasmus starts to deliver a sharp and often bitter attack on all the victims of blind folly those who are deaf to the voice of true religion and lacking the gentler Christian virtues among whom are sycophants self-seekers money-makers pedants scholastics lawyers theologians superstitious worshippers of images and relics courtiers and kings worldly monks and irreligious pontiffs. This section culminates in a savage thrust at Pope Julius II the bellicose pope. The keen wit and ingenuity of the satire can be highly entertaining but there is no note of gaiety now. As Erasmus surveys the gulf between the Church and the ‘true philosophy of Christ’ he moves into the final section where the alternative offered to barren scholasticism is the vision of reality taken from Plato and folly in the sense used by Saint Paul that of receptivity to the Christian message by the ‘fool in Christ.’ All irony is dropped until the final short epilogue when Folly light-heartedly cuts short her ‘hotch-potch of words’; this is a direct and simply worded account of Erasmus’ personal belief moving into an exposition of the Neoplatonist concept that the soul’s ascent to beatitude ends in ecstasy a form of folly which is its supreme fulfillment.â€Betty Radice CWE Vol. 27 pp. 78 ff. Vander Haeghen I 123; Kossmann 979; Bibl. Belgica E 866; Not in Bezzel De Reuck or BM STC French; Renouard Badius II 424; Adams E 397. Inventaire chronologique des editions Parisiennes du XVIe siecle III no. 669; Renouard Imprimeurs Parisiens du XVIe siècle II no. 539 Jodocus Badius Ascensius, unknown books
UERAMOR00CTHeritage Press. Very Good. Erasmus Desiderius. Moriae Encomium or the Praise of Folly. translated by Harry Carter. NY: Heritage Press ND. 125pp. 8vo. 1/4 Cloth in slipcase. Book condition: Very good with book plate to front pastedown. Heritage Press hardcover books
Embry 89635Heritage Press N.d. Fine in fine faintly toned publisher's slipcase. Woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Cloth backed boards no dust jacket. Heritage Press, N.d. hardcover books
178015591Basel: typis G. Haas ex officina J.J. Thurneisen 1780. 8vo pp. 16355; engraved frontis portrait and 83 woodcut illus. in the text all after Holbein; later full calf small piece missing from top of spine upper joint starting gilt lettered direct on spine. First edition to contain all 83 of the illustrations cut in wood by Heinrich Heitz after marginal drawings by Hans Holbein and his brother Ambrose and perhaps two other unknown artists in a copy of the Basil 1515 edition. <br/><br/> typis G. Haas, ex officina J.J. Thurneisen unknown books
41409NY: Heritage. Book Club edition. Masereel Franz. 8vo pp. xv 125. Illustrated with woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Translated from the latin text by Harry Carter with an introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Printed in Haarlem Netherlands by Joh. Enschede en Zonen. Patterned paper over boards cloth spine. Owner's bookplate on pastedown. A nice copy in tissue dj and box. Heritage unknown books
