... Cologne: Haeredes [i.e. Heirs of] A. Birckmanni, 1573. 19th century dark green morocco gilt by Capé, sides lettered, all edges gilt. 6 x 3 3/4 inches (15 x 9.5 cm); A-L^(8) M^(6) (M6 blank), with 53 fine Dance of Death woodcuts by Hans Holbein a number inobtrusively heightened in bistre. Some rubbing to the upper joint, washed when bound, the Robert Hoe copy with his book label. Generally an appealing copy, with the magnificent Holbein cuts for the Dance of Death, first published 1555 by Birckmann. The 1911 lot slip from the Hoe sale () is still in the book. C The James P. and Joan M. Warburg Collection
... Cologne: Haeredes [i.e. Heirs of] A. Birckmanni, 1573. 19th century dark green morocco gilt by Capé, sides lettered, all edges gilt. 6 x 3 3/4 inches (15 x 9.5 cm); A-L^(8) M^(6) (M6 blank), with 53 fine Dance of Death woodcuts by Hans Holbein a number inobtrusively heightened in bistre. Some rubbing to the upper joint, washed when bound, the Robert Hoe copy with his book label. Generally an appealing copy, with the magnificent Holbein cuts for the Dance of Death, first published 1555 by Birckmann. The 1911 lot slip from the Hoe sale () is still in the book. C The James P. and Joan M. Warburg Collection
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