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REPLY1850

English Translations of Erasmus' "Encomium Moriae"

By W. J. (Havre)

Perhaps JARLZBERG, who seems interested in the various translations of this admirable work, might like to know of a French translation, with designs from Holbein, which I purchased some weeks ago at a sale in a provincial French town. It is entitled *L'Eloge de la Folie, composé en forme de Déclaration par Erasme, et traduit par Mr. Guendeville, avec les Notes de Gerard Listre, et les belles Figures de Holbein; le tout sur l'Oiginal de l'Academie de Bâle*. Amsterdam, chez François l'Honore. 1735.

Topics: Translations, Literature

Locations: Bâle, Amsterdam