The praise of folie = Moriae encomium
By: a booke made in latyne by that great clerke Erasmus Roterodame ; Englisshed by Sir Thomas Chaloner knight
Contributors: 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
Publisher: In the house of Thomas Berthelet [by Thomas Powell] ...
Published: 1557
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Other titles: Moriae encomium
Work titles: Moriae encomium
Notes: Printer's name from Pforzheimer; date conjectured by ESTC.

Not to be confused with the edition issued by Thomas Berthelet in 1549, this is a reprint, by Thomas Powell (Berthelet's nephew) issued no earlier than 1556. For a detailed comparison, see Pforzheimer 359.

Signatures: [superscript pi]Áþ A-T́þ.

Title within woodcut border; initials; black letter type.

Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, entry 359 (variant ed.)

English short title catalogue, entry S101689

Boston Public Library. Catalogue of the Barton Collection, Misc., page 184

Cataloged 2015 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early calf panelled in gilt. The spine is rebacked in morocco with the title stamped in gilt. The armorial bookplate of the Barton Library is present on the front pastedown. An early bibliographical inscription relating to prices and other editions is present on the front free endpaper. The pages are trimmed closely, with losses particularly to the title page border. The embossed stamp of the Library is present on the title page, along with four early inscriptions, most ca. 16th/17th century. The autograph of George Parsons, in an early hand, is present on the verso of the title page. A partially erased, ca. 16th century inscription, in a secretary hand, is present on the verso of the final leaf.