Emblems of mortality representing, in upwards of fifty cuts [after Holbein, by John Bewick] death seizing all ranks and degrees of people ; imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican Church at Basil in Switzerland ; with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French. [Ed. with preface by John S. Hawkins] Intended as well for the information of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth ; to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe.

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1789
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Emblems of mortality representing, in upwards of fifty cuts [after Holbein, by John Bewick] death seizing all ranks and degrees of people ; imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican Church at Basil in Switzerland ; with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French. [Ed. with preface by John S. Hawkins] Intended as well for the information of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth ; to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Dance of Death. n 82047568

Publication/Creation

London : Printed for T. Hodgson, in George's-Court, St. John's-Lane, Clerkenwell, 1789.

Physical description

2 unnumbered leaves, xxviii, 51 pages : woodcut frontispiece & illustrations ; (12mo)

Notes

Signatures: 2 leaves unsigned, A⁶, a⁶, b², B-E⁶, F²
Hugo 35.

References note

ESTC T139829

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