Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 54

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS. L'Éloge de la Folie. French translation by Nicolas Gueudeville. Etched frontispiece and 13 plates by various artists after Charles Eisen. [6] (of [8]), xxiv, 222, [2] pages; lacks half-title. 4to, 227x172 mm, contemporary black morocco attractively gilt; scattered minor spotting, few fingerprints, blank lower margin of plate 5 extended to size, gathering Y lightly toned. [Paris], 1751

Additional Details

large-paper copy. Cohen-de Ricci 348-49; Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book 53.