Mōrias enkōmion, sive, Stultitiae laus
By: Des. Erasmi Rot. declamatio ; cum commentariis Gerardi Listrii ; ineditis Oswaldi Molitoris, et figuris Johannis Holbenii ; denuo typis mandavit Guil. Gottl. Beckerus
Contributors: Listrius, Gerardus; Molitor, Oswald; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543; Becker, Wilhelm Gottlieb, 1753-1813; Haas, G. de (Gerardus), 1737-1817
Publisher: Typis G. Haas, ex officina J.J. Thurneisen.
Published: 1780
Place of publication: Basileae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Folly
Other titles: Mōrias enkōmion; Stultitiae laus
Work titles: Moriae encomium
Notes: Signatures )(⁸ A-Y⁸ Z².

Greek title on title-page romanized.

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.

Library copy extra-illustrated with 76 engravings from an unidentified edition of the same title.

Bound in old boards; gilt spine; marbled edges.