Holbein, Hans. Imagines mortis, Duodecim Imaginibus praeter priores, totidemque inscriptionibus, praeter epigrammata e Gallicis a Georgio Aemylio in Latinum versa, cumulatae. Lyon: (Jean Frellon), 1547
One of two 1547 Latin editions, with woodcuts by Hans Lützelburger after Holbein, depicting Death in numerous entertaining scenes of contemporary life. Of the 53 woodcuts included in this edition, 41 are from the previous 1538 edition; one, the beggar, was added for the 1545 edition, and eleven are new subjects: Soldier, Gamblers, Drunkards, Fool, Robber, Blind man, Carter, and four woodcuts of children.
The King, who is taken by death as he banquets, is here depicted as François I.
8vo (139 x 90 mm). Roman and italic type, 27 lines plus headline. collation: A-M8: 96 leaves. Woodcut Frellon device on title-page, woodcut initials, 53 woodcut illustrations, manuscript note about a later edition on M7.
binding: Blue crushed morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet (142 x 96 mm), gilt dentelles, gilt and marbled edges.
provenance: Nicolas Yemeniz (1783-1871), of Lyon, sale, Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris, 9 May 1867 onwards, lot 3773, 360 francs — Horatio William Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1813-1894), sale, Sotheby's, 14 March 1902, lot 64 — Gaspard Ernest Stroehlin (1844-1907), bookplate, sale, Paris 12-16 February 1912, lot 844 — Alexis Bonzon, bookplate. acquisition: Purchased in 1990 from W.H. Schab, New York. references: Mortimer, Harvard French, 287
Holbein, Hans. Imagines mortis, Duodecim Imaginibus praeter priores, totidemque inscriptionibus, praeter epigrammata e Gallicis a Georgio Aemylio in Latinum versa, cumulatae. Lyon: (Jean Frellon), 1547
One of two 1547 Latin editions, with woodcuts by Hans Lützelburger after Holbein, depicting Death in numerous entertaining scenes of contemporary life. Of the 53 woodcuts included in this edition, 41 are from the previous 1538 edition; one, the beggar, was added for the 1545 edition, and eleven are new subjects: Soldier, Gamblers, Drunkards, Fool, Robber, Blind man, Carter, and four woodcuts of children.
The King, who is taken by death as he banquets, is here depicted as François I.
8vo (139 x 90 mm). Roman and italic type, 27 lines plus headline. collation: A-M8: 96 leaves. Woodcut Frellon device on title-page, woodcut initials, 53 woodcut illustrations, manuscript note about a later edition on M7.
binding: Blue crushed morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet (142 x 96 mm), gilt dentelles, gilt and marbled edges.
provenance: Nicolas Yemeniz (1783-1871), of Lyon, sale, Bachelin-Deflorenne, Paris, 9 May 1867 onwards, lot 3773, 360 francs — Horatio William Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1813-1894), sale, Sotheby's, 14 March 1902, lot 64 — Gaspard Ernest Stroehlin (1844-1907), bookplate, sale, Paris 12-16 February 1912, lot 844 — Alexis Bonzon, bookplate. acquisition: Purchased in 1990 from W.H. Schab, New York. references: Mortimer, Harvard French, 287
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