Desiderius Erasmus. "In Praise of Folly", illustrated by Hans Holbein
Desiderius Erasmus. "In Praise of Folly", illustr. Hans Holbein
Reeves & Turner | 1511/1876 | ISBN: n/a | 388 pages | PDF | 9 Mb
The personification of Folly comes to earth to expose the follies, foibles, and failings of humans. This is a facsimile of the original book.
Illustrated with 77 woodcuts by Hans Holbein.
TOC
• The Life of Erasmus.
• Erasmus’s Epistle to Sir Thomas More.
• On the Argument and Design of the Following Oration.
• Erasmus’s Praise of Folly. an Oration, of Feigned Matter, Spoken By Folly In Her Own Person.
• A Poem On the Foregoing Work.