Erasmus, Desiderius, Moriae encomium. 1511. 4°. Paris: Jean de Gourmont, for Gilles de Gourmont and Jean Petit.

1511

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536.

Moriae encomium. Erasmi. Roterodami declamatio.

[Paris]: [pr. by J. de Gourmont, for G. de Gourmont and J. Petit], [1511].

4°: a–h⁸^/⁴.

Printed in Paris for Gilles de Gourmont and Jean Petit with the typographical material of Jean de Gourmont.

The first edition.

The device damage suggests a date of 1511, confirmed by Erasmus’s correspondence (Allen, i, 54).

Some copies are recorded with the device of J. Petit.

Signature pattern: ‘$.j.’–‘$.iiij.’.

Catchword pattern: none.

Types: R6 (100mm); R16 (82mm); Gk5B (82mm).

Initials: 12.

Devices: Renouard 380 (G. de Gourmont).

Inventaire chronologique 1511, no. 82.

Bibliotheca Belgica, ii, 867-870.

[IS000595]

C.57.i.46.