The dance of death
by Hans Holbein the Younger. A complete facsim. of the original 1538 ed. of Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort. With a new introd. by Werner L. Gundersheimer
- Mineola, NY Dover Publications 1971
- xiv, 146 p. illus. 22 cm.
French, Latin, and English. The woodcuts are supposed to have been executed from Hans Holbein's designs by Hans Lützelburger. The French text has been ascribed to Jean de Vauzelles or to Gilles Corrozet. Cf. Harvard Univ. Library, Dept. of Graphic Arts. Catalogue of books and manuscripts, pt. 1, v. 1, 1964. Dover ed. includes English translations of the biblical quotations and French quatrains. Includes bibliographical references