Erasmus

Erasmus was with his Praise of Folly in 1511 ahead of its time. More than 300 years later, in 1847, the Dutch linguistic P.G. Witsen Geysbeek thought it still worth the effort to make a new translation of this controversial book. The cover says that the book was published in Rotterdam, at J.F.K.  Schwaebe. On the title page, however, the Brothers Diederichs are mentioned as the publishers. And the date on the title page is not 1847 (like on the cover), but 1828. Although the back of this book is badly damaged, the book block is intact and also hand colored frontispiece of R.H.B. van de Meulen is impressive. And ... it is not expensive.