ERASMUS. EISEN. - Lot 44

ERASMUS. EISEN. *In Praise of Folly*. Translated from the Latin of Erasmus by M. Gueudeville. New edition, revised and corrected based on the text of the Basel edition. [Paris], 1751. In-12. Contemporary porphyry calf, smooth spine with decoration, gilt edges (binding scuffed and joints worn; title partially handwritten as it was later cut in two; some staining, but interior remains fresh). Copy on large-format paper. With full margins. With the frontispiece reprinted on a separate leaf, a beautiful title vignette, a vignette and colophon, and 13 engravings by Charles Eisen Text by Erasmus translated from Latin by Nicolas Gueudeville (in a revised and corrected version based on the Basel edition), with notes attributed to or revised by Anne-Gabriel Meunier de Querlon. Included: [DORAT]. Letter from the Count of Comminges to his mother, followed by a Letter from Philomela to Progné. Paris: Sébastien Jorry, 1764. Small 8vo. Contemporary fawn calfskin, smooth spine with decoration (spine rubbed and joints worn, but interior remains fresh). Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and lover of fine bindings, a flutist, and an enthusiast of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and their schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.