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<dl><dd>Library copy extra-illustrated with 76 engravings from an unidentified edition of the same title</dd>
<dd>Bound in old boards; gilt spine; marbled edges</dd>
<dd>Signatures )(⁸ A-Y⁸ Z²</dd>
<dd>Greek title on title-page romanized</dd>
<dd>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 Basel (1515) edition now in the public art collection of Basel--Cf. Screech, M.A. Ecstasy and the praise of folly. London, 1980, p. 4</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Folly</div>
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<dl><dd>Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536</dd>
<dd>Listrius, Gerardus</dd>
<dd>Molitor, Oswald</dd>
<dd>Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543</dd>
<dd>Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb, 1753-1813</dd>
<dd>Haas, G. de (Gerardus), 1737-1817</dd></dl></div>
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