The celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of death :
illustrated with old borders engraved on wood with Latin sentences and English quatrains /
selected by Anatole de Montaiglon.
Description
- Language(s)
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English ; Latin
- Published
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Paris : E. Tross, 1856.
- Note
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The images, the ornamental borders and title ill. are wood engraved by Leon Le Maire.
The English quatrains are reprinted from a 1794 translation by Hawkins for his edition of Holbein's "Imagines mortis". The Latin verses are by Greek, Roman and Christian authors.
- Physical Description
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1 v. (unpaged) :
ill. ;
21 cm.
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