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In Praise of Folly; Together with a Life of Erasmus and His Epistle Addressed to Sir Thomas More
de Erasmus, Desiderius
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London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. Fine. [1951]. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. A handsome Sesame Library [1951] edition in Fine condition with 54th and 55th leaves becoming detached from the upper spine and previous owner's stamp to rear pastedown; lacking dust-wrapper (as issued?). Charming small format book bound in navy cloth with brilliant silver embossed titles on spine, peppered with classical black and white Holbein style woodcuts throughout. [4], [i-ii] iii-xxiv, [1]-223 [224-8] pages; This ecumenical humorous Renaissance classic using Folly, herself, to highlight the wasteful and pedantic efforts of man was ostensibly written at the home of the author Erasmus's friend Thomas More. The book was widely printed and later used during the Elizabethan age as a tool of education and has endured to the present day as an all-time piece of classical literature; Ex-Libris; Wood block print; 16mo .
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- Título
- In Praise of Folly; Together with a Life of Erasmus and His Epistle Addressed to Sir Thomas More
- Autor
- Erasmus, Desiderius
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- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Edición
- Reprint Edition
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- George Allen & Unwin Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- [1951]
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- Legendary Illustrators; Fiction / Short Fiction; Legendary Books; Science / Philosophy;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Leaves
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- Fine
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