The Dance of Death; From the Original Designs of Hans Holbein

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Verlag: J. Coxhead, London, 1816

Hans Holbein's grim triumph of Renaissance woodblock printing is reproduced here in a series of vivid hand coloured plates, with English and French descriptions. A fantastic hnad coloured edition of Hans Holbein the Younger'sThe Dance of Death, a striking series of Renaissance woodblock prints depicting the presence of Death on the everyday lives across various levels of society - from pope to physician to ploughman.Composed by Hans Holbein the Younger between 1523 and 1525, the woodcuts were eventually first collected in book form in 1538 by the Trechsel brothers.A Regency era hand coloured edition engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar, one of the most significant artists from Prague, who first created copies of Holbein's woodcuts on copper plates in 1607.In contemporary full straight grain morocco, with decorative gilt borders and spine.Engraved copper portrait plates of Holbein and Hollar (the engraver), a hand coloured frontispiece, and thirty further hand coloured plates engraved after Holbein's original designs.With descriptions of the prints given in English and French. Preceded by a Life of Holbien.Collated, complete. In contemporary full straight grain morocco, with marbled endpapers.Externally, rubbed to the extremities and marked to the boards, otherwise generally smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages with occasional toning and spotting. Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1005Y37

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Dance of Death; From the Original ...
Verlag: J. Coxhead, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1816
Einband: Leather
Illustrator: Hans Holbein; W. Hollar
Zustand: Good
Art des Buches: book