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Emblems of mortality; representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people; imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland; ; with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French. Intended as well for the information of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth. To which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject...

Accession number
PML 150622
Published
London: Printed for T. Hodgson, 1789.
Credit line
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes
"Preface by the editor, J.S. Hawkins."--Lowndes, Bibliogr. manual.
Woodcut illustrations engraved by Thomas and John Bewick from Holbein. Cf. Hugo, Thomas. The Bewick collector. London, 1866-68, no. 35.
Description
xxviii,51,[1] p. front.,illus. 19 cm
Provenance
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Blue straight-grained morocco by Silani.
Classification
Department