The dance of death / by Hans Holbein, with an introductory note by Austin Dobson.

Dance of Death. n 82047568

London ; New York : G. Bell & Sons, 1892.

18 pages, 3 leaves, XLIX preliminary leaves ; 23 cm

With facsimile reproduction of title-page of original edition: Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, avtant elegammēt pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées. A. Lyon, Soubz l'escu de Coloigne. M.D.XXXVIII

Copies of 41 woodcuts supposed to have been executed from Holbein's designs by Hans Lützelburger and first published Lyons, 1538. Appended are 8 supplementary cuts added to later editions. Accompanying each cut is a related passage of Scripture in Latin, with a quatrain giving its equivalent rendering in French, probably by Gilles Corrozet

"This edition consists of 500 ordinary copies ... and 100 numbered copies on Japanese vellum "