HOLBEIN. *The Triumph of Death*, engraved from Holbein’s ori - Lot 143

HOLBEIN. *The Triumph of Death*, engraved from Holbein’s original drawings by Chrétien de Méchel. N.p., 1780 [Paris, Imprimerie Simon Raçon et Comp.] [circa 1850]. Small square in-12 format, red morocco leather, wide frame outlined with cold-engraved lines, decorated with a scattering of gilded teardrops and skulls and shinbones in the corners; spine decorated with the same motifs, interior lace, gilt edges (Small supplement to Simier). A series of 47 plates engraved after Holbein, including a frontispiece and a double-page plate, each printed on heavy paper and accompanied by an explanation printed on fine laid paper with a watermark. A copy bound as it should be, in a binding with macabre decoration. Minor scuffing on the binding.

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