Erasmus von Rotterdam, D.: Das Lob der Narrheit. Berlin und Leipzig: Decker 1781. 16,4 x 9,7 cm. With embossed title page, embossed title vignette after Holbein, and 6 copperplate engravings by D. Chodowiecki. 238 pp., 1 folio. A later half-parchment binding with leather covers laminated onto the covers; the edges and inner edges are trimmed with gold leaf.

(Slightly soiled and lightly bumped; front hinge broken. Title page and last page heavily browned; otherwise lightly browned and only sporadically showing minimal staining.)

VD18 11134348. Rümann 239. - First edition with engravings by Chodowiecki. - In his famous satirical work, Erasmus sharply criticizes social ills, scholarship, and the Church.