Emblems of mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people; imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland

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ISBN 10: 0699131839 / ISBN 13: 9780699131834

Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions Sep 2010, 2010

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• Title: Emblems of mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people; imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions Sep 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0699131839
• ISBN 13: 9780699131834
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 189H x 5D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 189 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 181 grams

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British Library

T139829

The preface by J.S. Hawkins. The woodcuts are by J. Bewick from Holbein. Re-issued [1810?] with the imprint: Newcastle, printed for William Charnley and the title 'The dance of death'.

London: printed for T. Hodgson, 1789. [4], xxviii,51, [1]p.: ill.; 12°