1780 The TRIUMPH of Death ENGRAVINGS by HOLBEIN antique Le triomphe de la mort

Oeuvre de Jean Holbein ou Recueil de gravures d'apres ses plus beaux ouvrages ...


Part I
Le triomphe de la mort.

Basel ; 1780

With 2 engraved illustrations and 47 copperplate engravings by Christian de Mechel after Holbein on 12 plates and 2 additional plates

Bound with:

Part II 

La passion de Notre Seigneur.

Basel; 1784

With 2 unnumbered plates, engraved title, 12 numbered, full-page engraved plates.

Period cardboard binding with manuscript title to the spine

- Brunet III, 251. Cohen/R. 493. Massmann p. 56. -

First edition.

contains the complete Dance of Death sequence, with the excellent copperplate engravings directly based on Holbein's original woodcuts.

Bookplate of Edward Cheney.

Folio. Size about 11.5 by 15 inches


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