Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort : commonly called "The dance of death." Translated and edited by Henry Green.

Dance of death = Danse macabre = Totentanz. Holbein, Hans, the younger, 1497?-1543.

Published by Manchester: 1869. Quarto, Holbein Society, A.Brothers

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With a sketch of Holbein's life and works, and some explanatory notes. [3], xxx, [1], 292 p.; 22.5 cm. (H.-Soc's fac-s repr ; 1) Preface, introduction, xxx p. -- Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort, avtant ele gammet pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginees. A Lyon, 1538. Lithographic facsimile of the French text, p. [1, 1-104] -- The images and storied aspects of death both elegantly pourtrayed and artistically devised, translated from the French of the Lyons ddition of 1538, by Henry Green. To which are added The German rhymes from Rentz's Remembrances of death and eternity. [separate part-title] Manchester: printed by Charles S. Simms, 1869), p. [105]-188 -- Notes and appendix to the images and aspects of death, p. [189]-291. Fair, upper joint torn, book loose in case. Some corners creased.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort : commonly called "The dance of death." Translated and edited by Henry Green.
• Publisher: Manchester: 1869. Quarto, Holbein Society, A.Brothers
• Binding: Hardcover