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The Dance of Death.
London: np, [1804]. Later Edition. Full Calf. “Dance of Death”: late-medieval allegory on the universality of death. With Hans Holbein the Younger, the Danse macabre takes on a completely new artistic form. This depicts the brutal irruption of Death in work and the joy of living. This representation takes precedence over the idea that death spares no social class. In 1538, with the publication of Les simulacres de la Mort, Hans Holbein the Younger redefines the theme of the danse macabre. Death, always aggressive and jubilant, no longer dances in a long farandole, but intervenes directly in scenes of daily life. This is a series of [32] engraving with a folding plate, which were originally executed around 1804. This edition has continuous pagination and is in English, beginning with a divisional title: 'Descriptions of the cuts in Hollar's Dance of death.' The final part 'The Dance of Macaber.' Collation: A2-B-F8? Pagination: [2],81p,[1], 32 plates [2 frontis, 1 folding, 29 engraved leaves.]
This copy also includes handwritten inscriptions on the plates of Biblical verses from Genesis on several leaves. Very Good+. Completely detached front board, shaken rear, rubbing/bumping to extremities, otherwise a good copy. Full mottled [tree] calf with gilt spine/edging decorations. 4to. 81pp. Illus. (b/w, 32 unnumbered leaves of engravings with folding plate, frontispieces). Annotations. Lacking a plate? Item #13945
Price: $850.00