The Praise Of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
1970. Reprinted. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Grey patterned cloth boards with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated frontispiece and illustrations by Hendrik Willem Ban Loon. Slight crinkling to paper at gutter. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Binding is firm throughout with minor thumb-marking. Top textblock edge dyed red. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Slight crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear darkened.