Moriae Encomium

NY: Limited Editions Club. Good with no dust jacket. 1943. Cloth. 8.25; Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Spine detached with missing part laid in the book. Other than that it is Good. Lynn wards, the illustrator, signed in back. .

New York: Printed by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Netherlands for The Heritage Press, 1953. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/With no dustjacket. Translated from the Latin by Harry Carter, with an introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Belgian artist Frans Masereel was commissioned to create 24 striking woodcuts specifically for this edition. An exclusive publication planned to be issued… Read more about this item

Basel: typis G. Haas, ex officina J.J. Thurneisen, 1780. 8vo, pp. [16],355; engraved frontis portrait and 83 woodcut illus. in the text all after Holbein; later full calf, small piece missing from top of spine, upper joint starting, gilt lettered direct on spine. First edition to contain all 83 of the illustrations cut in wood by Heinrich Heitz, after… Read more about this item

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on front pastedown; contents clean. Light chipping to the tips of the spine which is rather fragile with a long vertical tear down the center. Good, internally Near Fine, in a Good slipcase with the bottom portion partly split. Lynd Ward. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full black… Read more about this item

NY: The Limited Editions Club, Printed By J.Horace McFarland Company At The Mount Pleasant Press, 1943. Lynd Ward. 4to, pp. xv, 110, [1 leaf]colophon. 10 mezzotints. tissue guards with legends. marginal illus. & captions, headings & typographical ornaments printed in red. Bound in original black sheep, ivory medallion inset on upper cover (rubbed at corners & spine ends worn… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Wilford, 1735. Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and social critic Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus first conceived of Praise of Folly in 1509, written as a satirical attack on the Western Church. He later revised and extended the work during a visit with Sir Thomas More at his home in London with the title "Moriae Encomium, In… Read more about this item

Heritage Press, New York, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition. Illustrator: Franz Masereel. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Book comes in its original slipcase. The publication date given above is an estimate only, there being no date given in the book. Illustrator: Franz Masereel. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Illustrated; Pictures of this item not already… Read more about this item

Strassburg, Matthias Schurer, 1511. . Second edition, first dated edition; 4to (20.2 x 14.5 cm); Roman and Greek type, lower edge of G1 torn with loss (not affecting text), slight toning and soiling, previous ownership inscription to title dated 1804, occasional underlining in ink; 19th-century vellum gilt, spine gilt in compartments, gilt lettering to second and fifth compartments on… Read more about this item

London: J. Wilford, 1724. Hard Cover. Good binding. 12mo. [16], xiv, [2 (ads)], vi, 168, [4 (index)] pp., frontis, plates, illus. Fourth edition. Bound in 19th century paper over boards with morocco title label on the spine; all 46 copperplate engravings are present, some folding, some full page, some in-text. The paper at both outer hinges is splitting,… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press, 1950 2021-07-20. First THUS. Hardcover. Near Fine. 125 pp., ill. 1/4 cloth, patterned boards. Bright, sharp, unmarked copy. Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, Printed By J.Horace McFarland Company At The Mount Pleasant Press,1943., 1943. 4to. pp. xv, 110, [1 leaf]colophon. 10 mezzotints. tissue guards with legends. marginal illus. & captions, headings & typographical ornaments printed in red. original black sheep, ivory medallion inset on upper cover (corners & spine ends worn & chipped, slight wear to medallion,… Read more about this item

ERASMUS, Desiderius, London: Printed, and Sold by J. Woodward, 1709. Collated complete. [24], xvi, viii, [12], 171 pages. 8vo. 20.5cm x 13cm x 2.5cm. Contemporary, full paneled calf with blind tooling, label to spine faded, raised bands, boards split but holding. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Erasmus and 46 numbered woodcut engravings. Contains "A Prefatory Epistle from Erasmus to Sir Tho.… Read more about this item

New York: Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Haarlem, Netherlands for The Heritage Press, 1953. Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and social critic Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus first conceived of Praise of Folly in 1509, written as a satirical attack on the Western Church. He later revised and extended the work during a visit with Sir Thomas More at his home in… Read more about this item

Rotterdam : Ad. Donker., 1986. Hardcover. Good. Originele linnen band met goudopdruk op rug, stofomslag, leeslint, geïllustreerd met kleine z/w tekeningen, 8vo.

NY: Heritage. Book Club edition. Masereel, Franz. 8vo, pp. xv, 125. Illustrated with woodcuts by Franz Masereel. Translated from the latin text by Harry Carter, with an introduction by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Printed in Haarlem, Netherlands, by Joh. Enschede en Zonen. Patterned paper over boards, cloth spine. Owner's bookplate on pastedown. A nice copy in tissue dj and… Read more about this item

UsedGood. Hardcover in original tan illustrated slipcase. Case frayed and discolored at edges. Previous owner's bookplate pasted to inside page of book. Strong binding, text clean and unmarked. Good copy.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

The Heritage Press, 1950. hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1.

Heritage Press. hardcover. used, very good. Heritage Press. Sandglass Number X:17 included. cover, slipcase and book are clean. Nameplate on flyleaf. Mylar covering, with clear tape marks on flyleaf from tape used to secure mylar.