Desiderius Erasmus. L'Éloge de la folie / Traduit par Nicolas Gueudeville, illustré par Charles Eisen. — [Paris]: 1751.

Title: L'ELOGE | DE | LA FOLIE, | TRADUIT | DU LATIN D'ERASME | Par M. Gueudeville. | NOUVELLE EDITION REVÛE & CORRIGÉE | sur le Texte de l'Edition de Basle. | ORNÉE DE NOUVELLES FIGURES. | AVEC DES NOTES. | {vignette Eisen / Le Mire} | — | M. DCC LI. ||

Pagination: [2 blank] [2] – h.t. / blank, [2] – t.p. / {citation*} | [4] – explication des figures; [i] ii-xxiv, [1] 2-222, [2] – table, [2 blank], plus frontispiece and 13 plates by various engravers after Charles Eisen, total number of pages 10+24+222+4=260, ils.

Collation: 4to; [1 blank], π⁴ a-c⁴ A-Ee⁴ [1 blank], total number of leaves 130 plus frontispiece and 13 plates. Plates printed in black, paper 24 x 17.8 cm (grand papeir, 9.5 x 7 inches).

Binding: Contemporary mottled calf, triple fillet gilt border with pomegranate corner pieces to boards, spine with raised bands, gilt foliage and pomegranates in compartments, red morocco spine label, all edges gilt, rebacked preserving the original spine and peacock marbled endpapers.

Size: 24.8 x 18.8 cm; leaves 24 x 17.8 cm; text printed area: 10 x 6 cm.

* Citattion: Admonere voluimus, non lædere: | Consulere moribus Hominum, | non officere. | Erasm. Epist. ad Mart. Dorpium Theolog. Usually, the citation is "Admonere voluimus, non mordere; prodesse, non laedere…", etc.

Rococo-framed frontispiece engraved by Martinasie under the supervision of Le Bas.

Contributors:

Erasmus, Desiderius [Roterodamus] (Dutch, 1466 – 1536) – author.

Gueudeville, Nicolas (French, 1652 – 1721) – translator.

Meusnier de Querlon, Anne-Gabriel (French, 1702 – 1780) – notes.

Eisen, Charles (French, 1720 – 1778) – artist.

Engravers:

Aliamet, Jacques (French, 1726 – 1788)

Flipart, Charles Joseph (French, 1721 – 1797)

Beauvais, Nicolas Dauphin de (French, 1687 – 1736)

Pinssio [Pincio], Sébastien (French, 1721 – after 1744)

Martenasie, Pierre François (French-Flemish, 1729 – 1789)

Le Bas [Lebas], Jacques-Philippe (French, 1707 – 1783)

Provenance:

Bishop, Cortlandt Field (American, 1870 – 1935) – bookplate.

Mary S. Collins – bookplate by J. H. Fincken.

Robin F. Satinsky (American, 1919 – 2008) – Robin Collection bookplate.

Catalogue raisonné: Cohen–deRichi 348-349; Lewine, p. 170;  Ray (French) № 24, pp. 52-54.