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La grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes : historiée et renouvellée de vieux Gaulois, en langage le plus poli de notre temps.

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Similarly to musical or artistic representations of the Danse Macabre, the texts describe living and dead persons being called to dance or form a procession with Death. This version is accompanied by five supplemental texts, of which one, "La vie du mauvais Antechrist," is antisemitic.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Dance of Death.
Other Authors: Garnier, Jean-Antoine, 1742-1780 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:French
Published: A Troyes : Chez Jean-Antoine Garnier, imprimeur-libraire, rue du Temple, [approximately 1773]
Subjects:
Dance of death > Early works to 1800.
Death > Early works to 1800.
Mortality > Early works to 1800.
Judgment of God > Early works to 1800.
Wood-engraving, French > 15th century > Specimens.
Danse macabre > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mortalité > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jugement de Dieu > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Gravure sur bois française > 15e siècle > Spécimens.
Dance of death
Death
Judgment of God
Mortality
Wood-engraving, French
1400-1499
Early works
Illustrated works
Religious poetry
Specimens
Woodcuts
Religious poetry.
Illustrated works.
Woodcuts.
Poésie religieuse.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Description
Summary:Similarly to musical or artistic representations of the Danse Macabre, the texts describe living and dead persons being called to dance or form a procession with Death. This version is accompanied by five supplemental texts, of which one, "La vie du mauvais Antechrist," is antisemitic.
Item Description:Signatures: A-I⁴ K².
The privilege is dated mai 1728.
Date of publication inferred from printer's dates of activity.
Large woodcut title vignette; 60 large woodcuts throughout text.
Woodcut illustrations based on those originally designed by Pierre le Rouge in 1485.
Physical Description:76 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm (4to)