Hans Lützelburger (d. before 1526) and others, after Hans Holbein the Younger (circa 1497/98-1543)
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Hans Lützelburger (d. before 1526) and others, after Hans Holbein the Younger (circa 1497/98-1543)

Imagines Mortis (The Dance of Death) (Mortimer 287)

Closed19 September 2007

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Hans Lützelburger (d. before 1526) and others, after Hans Holbein the Younger (circa 1497/98-1543)
Imagines Mortis (The Dance of Death) (Mortimer 287)
the complete set of 53 woodcuts including the four plates of the Triumph of Children and the two plates of The Last Judgment and the Arms of Death, circa 1525, apparently from the first Lyon edition of 1547, published by J. and F. Frellon (the first edition was published in 1538), with the printer's device, generally good impressions, in very good condition, all window mounted outside the borderline, bound in a modern white vellum luxury binding by KARL TSCHUDIN, signed on the lower turn-in of the backboard, with the name of the artist, title and date of publication in gilt on the spine, with gilt fore-edges, within a slipcase covered in marbled paper in white, black and gold, with crushed black morocco front edges, in very good condition(album)
235 x 285 mm. (overall)