Lot 7
Dance of Death.- Holbein (Hans) Les Images de la Mort, Lyon, chez Jehan Frellon, 1547.
Hammer Price: £5,500
Description
Dance of Death.- Holbein (Hans) Les Images de la Mort, collation: A-N8 complete, printer's crab and butterfly woodcut device on title, 53 woodcut illustrations after Holbein, woodcut initials, later brown crushed morocco by Cuzin, red morocco doublures, g.e., 8vo (136 x 84mm.), Lyon, chez Jehan Frellon, 1547.
⁂ Fine copy of the third edition with French text.
Provenance: Napoleon III, Emperor of France (bookplate); Prof. Hendrik Philip Visser 't Hooft (vendor's grandfather).
Literature: Adams D71; Harvard, French 289.
Description
Dance of Death.- Holbein (Hans) Les Images de la Mort, collation: A-N8 complete, printer's crab and butterfly woodcut device on title, 53 woodcut illustrations after Holbein, woodcut initials, later brown crushed morocco by Cuzin, red morocco doublures, g.e., 8vo (136 x 84mm.), Lyon, chez Jehan Frellon, 1547.
⁂ Fine copy of the third edition with French text.
Provenance: Napoleon III, Emperor of France (bookplate); Prof. Hendrik Philip Visser 't Hooft (vendor's grandfather).
Literature: Adams D71; Harvard, French 289.
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