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The prayse of follie. Moriae encomium, a booke made in Latine by that great clerke Erasmus Roterodame. Englished by Sir Thomas Chaloner Knight.

Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. author.; Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1521-1565.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
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Title
The prayse of follie. Moriae encomium, a booke made in Latine by that great clerke Erasmus Roterodame. Englished by Sir Thomas Chaloner Knight.
Uniform title
Moriae encomium. English
Created/published
Imprinted at London : Nigh vnto the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson, and Thomas Gardiner, 1577.
Description
[228] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. author.
Chaloner, Thomas, Sir, 1521-1565.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Signatures: A-O⁸ P².

Stationers' register: Entered to Dawson 8 December 1576.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 10502
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S122639
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 10502
Folger-specific note
HH82/6. Limp vellum binding, with remnants of ties; within a red goatskin case. Gathering F somewhat stained and torn; sig. G7 has hole affecting side-note. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: 'Will Hopton'; bookplate of William Phelps (motto "Frangas non flectas") pasted on back cover; Sotheby sale of Arthur W. Clifford (of Chestal, Dursley, Gloucestershire) library, 18 April 1921:394; collated at Quaritch, 27 April 1921; Harmsworth copy

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