Emblems of mortality : 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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| Format: | Microform Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | The third edition. |
| Series: | Opie collection of children's literature ;
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| Item Description: | Preface by the editor/translator, J.S. Hawkins, dated Nov. 3, 1801. Inscribed 1807 on title page. Wood engravings are copies by John Bewick of woodcuts by Hans Lützelberger after designs by Holbein. Cf. NUC pre-9156 imprints. The prints were copied and the verses translated chiefly from the 1547 Latin edition (Imagines Mortis) with additional material from the 1562 French edition (Les Images de la Mort). Cf. Preface, p. xxvi-xxvii. Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library. Microform. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, xxviii, 51 pages, 1 unnumbered page : woodcut illustrations |