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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

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ERASMUS From the portrait by Holbein in the Louvre. Frontispiece

STATUE OF ERASMUS AT ROTTERDAM 2

HOUSE AT ROTTERDAM IN WHICH ERASMUS WAS BORN From Knight's "Life of Erasmus." 4

PARISH CHURCH AT ALDINGTON, KENT From Knight's "Life of Erasmus." 20

HOLBEIN'S STUDIES FOR THE HANDS OF ERASMUS 48

THOMAS MORE From the drawing by Holbein in Windsor Castle. 64

JOHN COLET From the drawing by Holbein in Windsor Castle. 70

HENRY VIII. AND HENRY VII. Fragment of a cartoon by Holbein in possession of the Duke of Devonshire. 77

FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE-PAGE FROM "L'ÉLOGE DE LA FOLIE," PUBLISHED AT LEYDEN IN 1715 124 124

ALDUS P. MANUTIUS From an old print. 134

CARDINAL REGINALD POLE From "Erasmi Opera," published at Leyden, 1703. 146

CARDINAL PETER BEMBO From "Erasmi Opera," published at Leyden, 1703. 154

ERASMUS.—"FOLLY" AS PROFESSOR. Holbein's illustrations to the "Praise of Folly" 158 158

A THEOLOGIAN.—A COUNCIL OF THEOLOGIANS. Holbein's illustrations to the "Praise of Folly" 162 162

EVERYONE HAS HIS HOBBY.—PILGRIM FOLLY.—"FOLLY" CONCLUDES HER LECTURE. Holbein's illustrations to the "Praise of Folly" 166 166

TITLE-PAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, 1519 180

WILLIAM WARHAM, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY From a painting by Holbein in the Louvre. 184

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE From Knight's "Life of Erasmus." 190

JOHN FISHER, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER From the drawing by Holbein in Windsor Castle. 195

CARDINAL XIMENES From a portrait by C. E. Wagstaff, in the Florence Gallery. 200

DEVICE OF THE HOUSE OF FROBEN 205

DEVICE OF FROBEN 207

PORTRAIT OF FROBEN BY HOLBEIN. EPITAPH BY ERASMUS—FACSIMILE OF HANDWRITING From Knight's "Life of Erasmus." 232

BONIFACE AMERBACH OF BASEL From "Erasmi Opera," published at Leyden, 1703. 236

CHARLES V. From an engraving by Bartel Beham, 1531. 262

PHILIP MELANCHTHON From the drawing by Holbein in Windsor Castle. 280

FRONTISPIECE (ERASMUS SEATED) TO "ERASMI OPERA," PUBLISHED AT LEYDEN, 1703 296

ERASMUS WITH "TERMINUS" From a woodcut by Holbein in the Basel Museum. 315

ERASMUS From a copper engraving by Albert Dürer. 334

FACSIMILE OF LETTER OF ERASMUS TO JOHANNES LANGE 342

ULRICH VON HUTTEN From a contemporary woodcut. 364

BILIBALD PIRKHEIMER OF NUREMBERG From an engraving by Albrecht Dürer, in "Erasmi Opera," published at Leyden, 1703. 415

TITLE-PAGE TO THE "COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS," PUBLISHED AT AMSTERDAM, 1693 Portrait of Erasmus and others. 424

TITLE-PAGE TO THE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF THE "APOPHTHEGMS OF ERASMUS," TRANSLATED BY UDALL, 1542 450

INSCRIPTION ON THE TOMB OF ERASMUS, AT BASEL From Knight's "Life of Erasmus." 460

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