ERASMUS: Praise of Folly. Augmented with the preface of Erasmus addressed to Thomas Morus his Friend. Forty-six woodcut compositions by Auguste Lepere. Paris, Pour les Amis des Livres, 1906; in 4°, brown marble, spine ribbed and decorated with 5 frames of gilt filets, boards decorated with a row of 7 gilt filets, counterpanes decorated with a row of 9 gilt filets, gilt edges, spine and cover preserved, case. binding by CHAMBOLLE-DURU; Edition printed 137 ex num on verger; this one bears the num 32, attributed to the great bibliophile Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont.
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ERASMUS: Praise of Folly. Augmented with the preface of Erasmus addressed to Thomas Morus his Friend. Forty-six woodcut compositions by Auguste Lepere. Paris, Pour les Amis des Livres, 1906; in 4°, brown marble, spine ribbed and decorated with 5 frames of gilt filets, boards decorated with a row of 7 gilt filets, counterpanes decorated with a row of 9 gilt filets, gilt edges, spine and cover preserved, case. binding by CHAMBOLLE-DURU; Edition printed 137 ex num on verger; this one bears the num 32, attributed to the great bibliophile Louis Lebeuf de Montgermont.
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