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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; ; with an apostrophe to each

Title
  1. 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; ; with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French. 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...
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  1. London: Printed for T. Hodgson, 1789.

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Additional authors
  1. Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543
  2. Bewick, John, 1760-1795
  3. Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
  4. Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758-1842
Description
  1. xxviii,51,[1] p. front.,illus.; 19 cm.
Uniform title
  1. Dance of Death.
Subject
  1. Cloth bindings (Bookbinding) -- Specimens
Call number
  1. MEM B572e (Dance of death. Emblems of mortality)
Note
  1. Woodcut illustrations engraved by Thomas and John Bewick from Holbein. Cf. Hugo, Thomas. The Bewick collector. London, 1866-68, no. 35.
  2. "Preface by the editor, J.S. Hawkins."--Lowndes, Bibliogr. manual.
Title
  1. 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; ; with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French. 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...
Imprint
  1. London: Printed for T. Hodgson, 1789.
Added author
  1. Holbein, Hans, 1497?-1543.
  2. Bewick, John, 1760-1795. Engraver
  3. Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
  4. Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758-1842.
Research call number
  1. MEM B572e (Dance of death. Emblems of mortality)
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