[Mōrias enkōmion] sive Stultitiæ laus / Des. Erasmi Rot. declamatio ; cum commentariis Gerardi Listrii ; ineditis Oswaldi Molitoris, et figuris Johannis Holbenii ; denuo typis mandauit Guil. Gottl. Beckerus.
Author
Desiderius Erasmus
Title
[Mōrias enkōmion] sive Stultitiæ laus / Des. Erasmi Rot. declamatio ; cum commentariis Gerardi Listrii ; ineditis Oswaldi Molitoris, et figuris Johannis Holbenii ; denuo typis mandauit Guil. Gottl. Beckerus.
Date
1780
Place
Basileae [Basel]
Publisher
Typis G. Haas, ex officina J.J. Thurneisen
Language
Latin
Contributor
Gerardus Listrius
Hans Holbein
Oswald Molitor
Wilhelm Gottlieb Becker
Samuel Gränicher
H. W. Auden
Note
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Cuts are copies of woodcuts after designs by Holbein.
Frontipiece portrait engraved by S. Gränicher after Holbein.
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.
Cuts are copies of woodcuts after designs by Holbein.
Frontipiece portrait engraved by S. Gränicher after Holbein.
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.
FORMAT:
[18], 355, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (cuts), ports. ; 16cm. (8vo).
[18], 355, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (cuts), ports. ; 16cm. (8vo).
ACQUISITION NOTE:
Gift; Anonymous; 2011; RB320566.
Gift; Anonymous; 2011; RB320566.
PROVENANCE:
With the inscription: "H. W. Auden from G. C. Harrison, May 1891" and the later autograph of W. O. Robson.
With the inscription: "H. W. Auden from G. C. Harrison, May 1891" and the later autograph of W. O. Robson.
Archive Location
Library Catalog
Num Pages
376
Short Title
Moriae encomium.
Call Number
PA8512 1780
Erasmus Rare
References
Haeghen, F. van der. Bib. Erasmiana, ser.1, p.127.
OCLC: (OCoLC)219648762
Item Type
Book
Collection
Tags
Citation
Desiderius Erasmus, “[Mōrias enkōmion] sive Stultitiæ laus / Des. Erasmi Rot. declamatio ; cum commentariis Gerardi Listrii ; ineditis Oswaldi Molitoris, et figuris Johannis Holbenii ; denuo typis mandauit Guil. Gottl. Beckerus.,” Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies (CRRS) Rare Book Collection, accessed July 21, 2026, https://crrs.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/7277.