Moriae encomium
Subtitle: or, A panegyrick upon folly, written in Latin by Desiderius Erasmus
By: done into English and illustrated with above 50 curious cuts, design'd and drawn by Hans Holbeine.  To which is prefix'd Erasmus's epistle to Sir Thomas More and an account of Hans Holbeine's pictures, &c. and where to be seen.
Contributors: Kennett, White, 1660-1728.; Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.; Buckley, W. (autograph)
Publisher: Printed and sold by J. Woodward
Published: 1709
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Holbein, Hans, -- 1497-1543 -- Bibliography; More, Thomas, -- Sir, Saint, -- 1478-1535; Folly
Other titles: Panegyrick upon folly; Moriae encomium.
Notes: Translated by White Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough.

The first edition appeared (without illus.) Oxford, 1683, under title: Witt against wisdom; or, A panegyrick upon folly.

The 46 cuts are from a series of drawings made on the margins of a copy of the Latin edition printed at Basel in 1514?, here reversed.  The greater part were by Hans Holbein, the rest by his brother Ambrosius and possibly 2 other unknown artists.  Cf LC.

RBSC copy: Portrait and 1 plate wanting.  With the autograph of W. Buckley, 1723 on front flyleaf.