[Hans Holbein]. Pair of Books Dealing With the "Dance of Death" including: Francis Douce. The Dance of Death Exhibit... (Total: 2 Items)

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[Hans Holbein]. Pair of Books Dealing With the "Dance of Death" including: Francis Douce. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood. London: William Pickering, 1833. First edition. [and:] A. Pfister. Tod und Totentänze. Basel: Antiquariat Am Rhein, 1995. Facsimile reprint.

More Information: [Hans Holbein]. Pair of Books Dealing With the "Dance of Death" including: Francis Douce. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood With a Dissertation on Several Representatives of That Subject But Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein. London: William Pickering, 1833. First edition. Octavo. 262 pages. [14] pages of engravers markings and index. Five plates preceding text and 49 plates after (Lyons woodcuts and complete run of Holbein cuts of the Treschler edition). Contemporary blindstamped leather with titles stamped in gilt on a morocco spine label. Marbled endpapers. Boards worn at the edges; joints and spine ends worn. Contemporary bookplate on the front pastedown and gift inscription on the flyleaf. Contents clean and in general a very good copy. [and:] A. Pfister. Tod und Totentänze. Basel: Antiquariat Am Rhein, 1995. A facsimile reprint of the Basler Bücherfreund, 1927. Octavo. 165 pages. Illustrated. Cream cloth with paper title label inset on front board. Fine.