Emblems of mortality [electronic resource] : 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, now or lately existing in divers Parts of Europe.
1789
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Emblems of mortality [electronic resource] : 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, now or lately existing in divers Parts of Europe.
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London : printed for T. Hodgson, in George's-Court, St. John's-Lane, Clerkenwell, MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
Description
[4],xxviii,51,[1]p. : ill. ; 12⁰.
Note
The preface by J.S. Hawkins.
The woodcuts are by J. Bewick from Holbein.
Re-issued [1810?] with the imprint: Newcastle, printed for William Charnley and the title 'The dance of death'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The woodcuts are by J. Bewick from Holbein.
Re-issued [1810?] with the imprint: Newcastle, printed for William Charnley and the title 'The dance of death'.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T139829.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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