Basel, Johann Bergmann von Olpe 1st March 1497. 18th century calf ([21,4 x 16,4 cm]. 145 numb. leaves, 3 unnumb. leaves. With 117 large woodcut illustrations i.a. by Albrecht Dürer. -- FIRST LATIN EDITION. Brant's Ship of Fools became the most important of a long line of moralizing works in which the weaknesses and vices of mankind are satirized as follies. A satirical allegory in which more than 100 fools are on a ship's journey to the fictional country of Naragonia, holding up a critical and satirical mirror to the world through an entertaining description of their vices and peculiarities.