Imagines mortis. Cologne: Arnold Birckman, 1567. A-L8, M7. Illustrated with 53 woodcuts after Hans Holbein woodcut printer’s device to title-page, woodcut initials. 8vo (150 x 91 mm). Modern brown morocco over cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt. Title-page trimmed and with minor repairs (possibly from another copy), also with brief contemporary ownership signature, minor repairs to subsequent leaves, some soiling, though generally internally clean, lacking final (blank?) leaf. Early edition of the Dance of Death with Holbein’s striking designs. Adams D-78.
Imagines mortis. Cologne: Arnold Birckman, 1567. A-L8, M7. Illustrated with 53 woodcuts after Hans Holbein woodcut printer’s device to title-page, woodcut initials. 8vo (150 x 91 mm). Modern brown morocco over cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt. Title-page trimmed and with minor repairs (possibly from another copy), also with brief contemporary ownership signature, minor repairs to subsequent leaves, some soiling, though generally internally clean, lacking final (blank?) leaf. Early edition of the Dance of Death with Holbein’s striking designs. Adams D-78.
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