The Dances of Death, Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of that Tyrant is Exhibited

Hans Holbein, David Deuchar, Christian von Mechel

[Printed by S. Gosnell], [London], 1803

[The Dances of Death: Memento Mori]  Small 4to. Rebacked in later cloth, over early blue boards.  Solid binding. Some shelf wear. Engraved frontispiece title in French of the 1786 ed: "Le triomphe de la mort, grave d'apres les desins originaux de Jean Holbein, par Deuchar" Some toning, spotting. 41 (of 46) copper engraved plates. Inscription of "Hugh Frazier Parker, St. John's College, (Oxford) 1932" on front end page.   Han's Holbein's series of woodcuts was first published in 1536 and became the most famous illustrations published on this theme. Minns Collection 269.