ERASME. - Lot 116

ERASME. Les Colloques. A very interesting work, due to the diversity of its subjects... New translation by Mons. Gueudeville, Avec des notes et des figures très ingénieuses. A Leide, chez Pierre Vander Aa et Boudouin Jansson vander Aa, 1720, 6 volumes in-12 bound in full basane, ornate ribbed spines, title and appendix. Illustrated with a title-frontispiece by Schynove, a large vignette bearing the arms of Frederick of Gloucester, Prince of Hanover, and 55 engraved figures. First edition of Nicolas Gueudeville's translation, particularly sought-after for its first-edition illustration of 55 unsigned mid-page figures in the style of Romain de Hooge or Harrewyn (Cohen, 347). Also included: ERASME. L'Eloge de la Folie. Translated from the Latin by M. Gueudeville. New edition revised and corrected on the text of the Basel edition, and adorned with new figures, with notes. Sans nom ni lieu (Paris), 1757, small in-12 bound in full shagreened basane, ornate ribbed spine, title page. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a large title vignette and 13 hors-texte engravings by Eisen. Ex-libris of R. de L'Esperonnière.