Accession number
PML 126173
Published
Gedruckt zu Laybach : vnd zu finden bey Johann Baptista Mayr, in Saltzburg, 1682.
Credit line
Bequest of E. Clark Stillman; 1995.
Notes
Brunet, V, 1067. Radics, P. von. Johann Weikhard, Freiherr von Valvasor. Laibach, 1910. p. 174-184. Dance of death. The dance of death...with a dissertation...by Francis Douce. London, 1833. p. 129-130.
Colophon of each part dated 1681.
Illustrations: 1 full-page engraving (frontispiece) and numerous half-page engravings, by Andreas Trost after Johann Koch, many signed. The engravings in pt. 1, although unsigned, are presumably by Trost and are said to derive from Holbein's designs for the Dance of death, possibly by way of Arnaud Nicolai's woodcuts in the 1555 Cologne edition of the Dance of death (q. v.). All the half-page engravings are within borders depicting plants, insects, birds, beasts, etc.
Title-page in black and red.
Parts 2 and 3 have special title-pages.
Imprint of pt. 2 and colophons of pts. 1-3 have date 1681.
Illustrations comprise 120 engravings of which the first 54 are after Holbein, and the remainder, as well as the frontispiece, are engraved by Andreas Trost after designs of Johann Koch--Cf. BM, Graesse, Thieme-Becker.
Each illustration accompanied by Latin and German verses on opposite pages.
Ownership signature dated 1683 on title page.
Colophon of each part dated 1681.
Illustrations: 1 full-page engraving (frontispiece) and numerous half-page engravings, by Andreas Trost after Johann Koch, many signed. The engravings in pt. 1, although unsigned, are presumably by Trost and are said to derive from Holbein's designs for the Dance of death, possibly by way of Arnaud Nicolai's woodcuts in the 1555 Cologne edition of the Dance of death (q. v.). All the half-page engravings are within borders depicting plants, insects, birds, beasts, etc.
Title-page in black and red.
Parts 2 and 3 have special title-pages.
Imprint of pt. 2 and colophons of pts. 1-3 have date 1681.
Illustrations comprise 120 engravings of which the first 54 are after Holbein, and the remainder, as well as the frontispiece, are engraved by Andreas Trost after designs of Johann Koch--Cf. BM, Graesse, Thieme-Becker.
Each illustration accompanied by Latin and German verses on opposite pages.
Ownership signature dated 1683 on title page.
Description
3 pts. in 1 v. (8 p.l., 9-255 p.) : ill. ; 20 cm. (4⁰.)
Provenance
I. B. G. V. H. ; collection of E. Clark Stillman.
Binding
Vellum over boards, slits for ties; front stamped in black with the initials I. B. G. V. H. and the date 1683.
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