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ERASMUS, [Desiderius (d. 1536)]. La lovange de la folie, traduite.par Monsieur Petit, de Pontau de mer, Advocat en Parlement. Paris: Jacques Cottin, 1

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ERASMUS, [Desiderius (d. 1536)]. La lovange de la folie, traduite.par Monsieur Petit, de Pontau de mer, Advocat en Parlement. Paris: Jacques Cottin, 1670. 12mo. [36], 251, [1] pp. Nineteenth century dark brown crushed morocco, large oval Renaissance-style gilt stamp in center of both covers, flat spine lettered in gilt, edges stained red. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS TRANSLATION OF ERASMUS' PRAISE OF FOLLY 

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Minor rubbing to binding, text a bit toned, occasionally lightly soiled. Very good. 

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Armorial bookplate of E. Pelay of Rouen, unidentified oval ink stamp on verso of final leaf. The translator, Louis Petit (1615-1693), was a Rouen-born satirical poet whose best-known work was A Fleuranche. He was an intimate friend of Pierre Corneille. OCLC cites only the Harvard and Minnesota copies in North America and the Wissenschaftliche Stadtbibliothek Mainz and Bibliotheek Rotterdam in Europe. Vander Haeghen, p. 124.