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L'Eloge de la folie

S.n., s.l. (Paris) 1751, in-4 (18x23,5cm), (8) xxiv ; 222 pp. (2), relié.

L’éloge de la folie [In Praise of Folly]
n. n. | [Paris] 1751 | 4to (18 x 23.5 cm) | (8) xxiv ; 222 pp (2)
| contemporary morocco
First print of this revised and corrected edition based on the text of the Basel edition, one of the grand papier (deluxe) copies reimposed in 4to format. The work is illustrated with a frontispiece and 13 woodcuts by Eisen and engraved by Aliamet, De La Fosse, Flipart, Le Mire, Martinasie, Pinssio and Tardieu. The 7th plate is not signed, the first is unnumbered.
Contemporary red morocco binding, spine in five compartments underlined with gilt fillets and adorned with panels, gilt fleurons and dentelles, plates decorated with multiple frames of gilt fillets and stippling, as well as a beautiful gilt dragonfly dentelle, plates stamped in the centre with Emmanuel Dieudonné de Hautefort’s arms, in gilt, with three sand shearer’s shears[RE1] , double gilt fillets highlighting the leading edges, gilt ridges on the spine ends, gilt roulette framing the marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Emmanuel Dieudonné de Hautefort’s coat of arms (1700-1777), Marquis of Hautefort and of Sarcelles, Knight of the Royal Orders and Ambassador in Vienna. He was part of one of the most powerful families in the Périgord, who, for a long time, been a member of the first circles of the Court, from the House of Valois to the House of Bourbon. This unsigned binding has been attributed to Louis-François Lemonnier's workshop. One corner and joints skillfully restored.
Label from the Librairie Albert Franck, 67 rue de Richelieu, glued to the first pastedown, as well as two ex-libris and one library label on the second pastedown. Ink library classification, as well as the faint remains of a stamp on the half-title page.
Deluxe copies presented in morocco binding with the coat of arms are an extraordinary rarity.

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