The praise of folie = Moriae encomium

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536, Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1521-1565, translator, Berthelet, Thomas, printer, attributed name, Powell, Thomas, active 1556-1563, printer, Parsons, George, autographer, Barton, Thomas Pennant, 1803-1869, former owner · 1557 · Imprinted at London in Fletestrete : In the house of Thomas Berthelet [by Thomas Powell] .. · 2 pictures

The Praise of Folie is a 1557 English translation by Sir Thomas Chaloner of Erasmus's satire Moriae encomium, printed in London at Fleet Street for a general reading public. Its pictures are a title page framed by carved architectural borders and a large decorated initial A with foliage and a small figure, set beside dense black-letter text. A designer could take from them the ornamental woodcut framing, the historiated initial letter, and the crowded lines of Tudor black-letter type.

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