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LEADER: 01775cam 22003131 4500
001 16012151
003 DLC
005 20050107091741.0
008 771208s1709 enkacf 000 0 eng
010 $a 16012151
035 $a(OCoLC)3473469
040 $aDLC$cViHarEM$dOCoLC$dDLC
041 1 $aenglat
050 00 $aPA8514$b.E5
082 $a879.7
100 1 $aErasmus, Desiderius,$dd. 1536.
240 10 $aMoriae encomium
245 10 $aMoriæ encomium:$bor, A panegyrick upon folly.$cWritten in Latin by Desiderius Erasmus. Done into English, and illustrated with above fifty 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.
260 $aLondon,$bPrinted, and sold by J. Woodward, in Threadneedle street,$c1709.
300 $a12 p. l., xvi, viii, [12], 171 p.$bfront. (port.) illus., 24 pl.$c20 1/2 cm.
500 $aTranslated by White Kennett, bishop of Peterborough.
500 $aThe 1st edition appeared (without illus.) Oxford, 1683, under title "Witt against Wisdom. Or A panegyrick upon Folly".
500 $aThe 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 two other, unknown artists. c̲f̲. A. B. Chamberlain, Hans Holbein, v. 1, p. 45-50, and Paul Mantz, Hans Holbein.
650 0 $aFolly$vEarly works to 1800.
600 10 $aMore, Thomas$cSir, Saint,$d1478-1535.
600 10 $aHolbein, Hans,$d1497-1543$vBibliography.
700 1 $aKennett, White,$d1660-1728,$etr.
700 1 $aHolbein, Hans,$d1497-1543,$eillus.
740 0 $aPanegyrick upon folly.