Lx.3.20
[Moriae encomium. English]
The praise of folie / a booke made in Latin by that great clerke Erasmus Roterodame; Englished by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Knight, anno. M.D.XLIX; Englished by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Knight, anno. M.D.XLIX.
London : Published by Edward Arnold, 37 Bedford Street, Strand, MDCCCCI [1901].
vi, 88p, [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 30cm.
Edited by Janet E. Ashbee.
Woodcuts and decorations designed by William Strang and cut by Bernard Sleigh.
Printed under C. R. Ashbee at the Essex House Press.
Paper has horizontal chain lines ; edges gilt.
ECL copy: No. 43 of 250 copies.
Ms. previous shelfmarks in pencil.
20th century brown morocco binding with gilt lettering on spine and gilt tooling inside boards ; binding signed inside back board: "E.G. 1902 G.O.H.".
Ashbee, C. R., 1863 - 1942 (Charles Robert) printer.
Ashbee, Janet E. (Janet Elizabeth) ed.
Sleigh, Bernard, b. 1872 - ? woodcutter.
England London.
eng lat
B24858