[Rarebooks] FS: Lovely Edition of ERASMUS, Illustrated with ten original mezzotints and SIGNED by Lynd Ward

[Charles Agvent]

ERASMUS, Desiderius. MORIAE ENCOMIUM; OR, THE PRAISE OF FOLLY. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1943. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full 
black sheep leather with an ivory medallion inset on the front cover. 
Translated from The Latin text by Harry Carter, with an introduction by 
Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Illustrated with ten original mezzotints by 
Lynd Ward hand-pulled in the shop of Charles Furth in New York. Ward 
also contributes numerous marginal illustrations. Designed by George 
Macy, letterpress composed and printed on special Worthy paper in black 
and rubric red by the J.Horace McFarland Company at the Mount Pleasant 
Press in Harrisburg. Copy #588 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the 
colophon page. Slight rubbing to spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine 
slipcase. (#016030)        $200.00

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