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Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 · 1540 · Basileae [i.e. Basel] : Apud Hieronymum Frobenium et Nicolaum Episcopium · 8 pictures

A 1540 Latin edition of Erasmus's satirical essay In Praise of Folly, printed at Basel by Frobenius and Episcopius for a scholarly readership. The four pictures are decorated woodcut initial letters, the S, D and V, set in dense black grounds with the letter cut out in pale tone.

Folly

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