The Praise of Folly and Other Writings - Erasmus 1942 Classics Club vintage HB Henry Bamford Parkes Previous owner's stamp inside front

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The Praise of Folly and Other Writings - Erasmus 1942 Classics Club vintage HB Henry Bamford Parkes Previous owner's stamp inside frontCondition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. See images for the condition of this book. Blurb: In Praise of Folly, is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511. Inspired by previous works of the Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli [it] De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions and other traditions of European society as well as on the Western Church.