[HOLBEIN (Hans)]. The Simulachres &// history of the faces of death, before ele//gently
perrtraictes, that artifi=//ciously imagined.
In Lyon, Soubz l'escu de Coloigne, 1538 [on colophon: Excvdebant Lvgdvni Melchior and Gaspar
Trechsel fratres, 1538]. In-12 square (122 x 167 mm),
burgundy morocco, triple golden filet framing the dishes, ornate ribbed spine, golden edges, case
(Honestly). 32 ff.: A-N4.
41 woodcuts by Antoine SILVIUS after the Dance of Death by HOLBEIN, gathered together in the first part of the volume which includes four texts on death and the medicine of the soul by Saint JOHN CHRYSOSTOME.
& saint CYPRIAN; large letters on wood.
Edition following the one given in Lyon by the Frellon brothers in 1537.
Washed copy; pages A2 & A3 re-stamped.
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