The Dance of Death,
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| Author / Creator: | Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543. |
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| Uniform title: | Totentanz |
| Imprint: | New York, Dover Publications [©1971] |
| Description: | xiv, 146 pages illustrations 22 cm. |
| Language: | English French Latin |
| Series: | Rosenwald Collection reprint series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/440465 |
| Summary: | The most celebrated work of a 16th-century woodcut master, these 41 illustrations are a stark reminder of a dramatic motif: "Remember, you will die." A meticulous reprint of the unabridged 1538 edition, this book includes a prefatory letter by Jean de Vauzèle plus various quotations, depictions, and meditations on death. |
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| Item Description: | French, Latin, and English. The woodcuts are supposed to have been executed from Hans Holbein's designs by Hans Lützelburger. The French text has been ascribed to Jean de Vauzelles or to Gilles Corrozet. Cf. Harvard Univ. Library, Dept. of Graphic Arts. Catalogue of books and manuscripts, pt. 1, v. 1, 1964. Dover ed. includes English translations of the biblical quotations and French quatrains. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 146 pages illustrations 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0486228045 9780486228044 |
