Collection View
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the printer's copy of Hudson's 20th-century translation of The Praise of Folly, the 15th-century work by the Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Hudson, Hoyt H. (Hoyt Hopewell), 1893-1944
Hoyt H. Hudson was a scholar of Rhetoric and English Renaissance poetry. He taught at Swarthwmore, Princeton, and Stanford, and was an author and editor.
- Acquisition:
Gift of Princeton University Press in September 1943. AM 12611.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager '15 in 2013.
- Conditions Governing Access
Open for research/
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
The Praise of Folly by Hoyt H. Hudson; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/j098zb180
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1
- Existence and Location of Copies
Published under same title (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1941)
- Subject Terms:
- Manuscripts -- 20th century.
Religious satire, Dutch -- 20th century -- Translations into English.
Translators -- United States --20th century -- Manuscripts. - Names:
- Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
