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[2], 47 p. w/ 47 lithographic engravings each protected by a sheet of tissue. 9 x 6 in. 47 numbered engravings, beginning with the title page and ending with the supurb engraving of an actual Holbein original drawing of a Dance of Death dagger handle design, which von Mechel was the first to make. Each engraving is protected by a tissue leaf, including the title page, is printed on heavy stock paper, and does not contain any other descriptions or language accompanying the engravings other than the notations below the image (see photos). Although retaining the same title page as the original edition, it is generally accepted this copy is a separately printed lithographic edition from ~1850. As an example of the same/similar binding, decorative endpapers, and content, see copy held by the Bauhaus Universitat Weimar, which can be digitally accessed here: https://digitalesammlungen.uni-weimar.de/viewer/!metadata/PPN623138093/97/-/A rare printing of Christian von Mechel's 'Le Triomphe de la Mort', which… Read More
