Title: The Dance of Death
Author: Holbein, Hans
Description: 70 pp. 33 hand-colored engravings, including two portraits. (8vo) 8½x5¼, rebound in full brown morocco, gilt skull and crossed-bone devices on boards and spine, raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom felt-lined slipcase.An early 19th century edition of Holbien's Dance of Death, with text in English and French. Engravings by Wenceslaus Hollar. Includes a life of Holbien.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: J. Coxhead
Date Published: 1816
Author: Holbein, Hans
Description: 70 pp. 33 hand-colored engravings, including two portraits. (8vo) 8½x5¼, rebound in full brown morocco, gilt skull and crossed-bone devices on boards and spine, raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Housed in a custom felt-lined slipcase.An early 19th century edition of Holbien's Dance of Death, with text in English and French. Engravings by Wenceslaus Hollar. Includes a life of Holbien.
Heading: Place Published: London
Publisher: J. Coxhead
Date Published: 1816
Condition report
Spine a touch sunned; occasional finger soiling in margins; else near fine.
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