Description: THE DANCE OF DEATHIn a series of engravings on wood from designs attributed to HANS HOLBEINwith a treatise on the subject by FRANCIS COUCE ALSO HOLBEIN'S BIBLE CUTSConsisting of ninety engravings on wood with an introduction by THOMSAS FROGNALL DIBDIN CONTENTS: Chapter 1. Personification of Death... Chapter II. Place where the Dance of Death was sculptured... Chapter III. Macaber not a German or any other poet, but a nonentity... Chapter IV. Macaber Dance in England.. Chapter V. List of editions of the Macaber Dance... Chapter VI. Hans Holbein's connexion with the Dance of Death... Chapter VII. Holbein's Bible Cuts... Chapter VIII. List of several editions of the Lyons work on the Dance of Death... Chapter IX. Further examinatio of Holdbein's title,--Borbonius... Chapter X. Other Dances of Death... Chapter XI. Dance of Death, with such text only as describes the subjects... Chapter XII. Books in which the subject is occasionally introduced... Chapter XIII. Books of emblems and fables,--Frontispieces... Chapter XIV. Single prints connected with the Dance... Chapter XV. Initial or capital Letters with the Dance... Chapter XVI. Painting,--Drawings,--Miscellaneous... Chapter XVII.Trois vifs et trois morts,--Negro figure of Death... Chapter XVIII. Erros of various writers... Clothbound hardcover with some outermost edgewear, corners.Cover is loose (mainly from inner cover) please see pics above but attached. The actual book pages themselves lightly tanned from age otherwise unmarked, no writing and intact.Dark print, pics.The inside cover (blank) and 1st blank page have some writing.Please see pics above. Will just downgrade to lowest condition for collector purposes. Front cover has BOHN'S LIBRARIES logo embossed on it. LONDONGEORGE BELL & SONS1902 (Before the PREFACE page, opposite page says: Reprinted from Stereotype plates Please see pics above.(sorry for all the detail...just intriguing!!) As pictured, the one you will receive. As Is, Final Sale. Good Luck In Bidding! Thank you and have a Healthy and a Happy and...ENJOY! TO LIFE!
Price: 345 USD
Location: Staten Island, New York
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Publication Year: 1902
Language: English
Book Title: Holbein's Dance Of Death
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