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Title: The Dance of Death
Author: Holbein, H[ans] Description: 81 pp. 32 woodcuts including portrait frontispiece; 2-page folding woodcut at rear; engraved by W. Hollar. (8vo) 6¾x4¼, full mottled calf with black spine label. First Edition.Scarce edition of Holbein's 16th century images of the many aspects of death. According to ESTC, some copies contain a separately paginated section at the end, not present in this copy. Heading: Place Published: [London?] Publisher: [for James Edwards?] Date Published: [c.1794] Please note: This is a two day auction running Thursday 12/11 and Friday 12/12. Invoices will not be available before Monday 12/15. Condition reportSpine stained and detaching at heel, moderate edge and cover wear, corners bumped; hinges cracked; foxing; else good.
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