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BRANT, Sebastian (France, 1458-1521). A Bolondok Hajója: Das Narren Schyff [A Ship of Fools: First Tenth]. Budapest: Borda Antikvárium, 2001. 4to. With text in Hungarian and German. From an edition of 50 numbered copies with signatures to colophon. Translated by Lázló Márton. Original engravings by István Orosz, anamorphic illustrations, forming the image of a skull, when viewed at a distance. Typography by Edit Zigány. Text from the Basler initial issue of 1494. Handbound by Agnes Vankó and János Juhász with modernistic leather bindings. Vellum dust jacket and in case. A late 15th century satire, critical of the state of the Roman Catholic Church. 13 ¼ x 10”. Good.