Accession number
PML 2113
Creator
Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543.
Published
A Lyon : Soubz l'escu de Coloigne [Melchior and Gaspar Trechsel], M.D.XXXVIII [1538]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Notes
1st ed. of Holbein's Dance of death, with 41 woodcuts after his designs, engraved by Hanns Lutzelburger.
Nicolas Bourbon (1503-1550) is considered author of the French text of Les simulacres.
Printers' mark on t.p.; colophon in cartouche on p. [104].
Colophon: Excudebant Lugduni Melchior et Gaspar Trechsel fratres. 1538.
The address in the imprint is that of publishers J. & F. Frellon.
Pages [16-56] are woodcuts by Holbein with Latin captions & French quatrains ascribed to Jean de Vauzelles or Gilles Corrozet; the cut on p. [51] is signed by the block cutter, Hans Lützelburger.
T.p. 7 x 4 3/4 inches.
Nicolas Bourbon (1503-1550) is considered author of the French text of Les simulacres.
Printers' mark on t.p.; colophon in cartouche on p. [104].
Colophon: Excudebant Lugduni Melchior et Gaspar Trechsel fratres. 1538.
The address in the imprint is that of publishers J. & F. Frellon.
Pages [16-56] are woodcuts by Holbein with Latin captions & French quatrains ascribed to Jean de Vauzelles or Gilles Corrozet; the cut on p. [51] is signed by the block cutter, Hans Lützelburger.
T.p. 7 x 4 3/4 inches.
Description
[104] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 18 cm
Provenance
From the collection of Paul Arbaud with his bookplate.
Binding
Citron morocco, gilt, with gilt black morocco doublures, by Trautz.
Classification
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