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The Dances of Death

THE DANCES OF DEATH

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Decoration from Holbein’s woodcuts
Decoration from Holbein’s woodcuts
Illustration from The Dances of Death Through the Various Stages of Human Life: Wherein the Capriciousness of that Tyrant is Exhibited

Mors Sceptra ligonebus æquat.

LE TRIOMPHE DE LA MORT

Gravé d’aprés les Dessins originaux de

Jean Holbein

par David Deuchar 1786

Deuchar fecit

THE DANCES OF DEATH, THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF HUMAN LIFE: WHEREIN THE CAPRICIOUSNESS OF THAT TYRANT IS EXHIBITED IN FORTY-SIX COPPER PLATES; DONE FROM The Original Designs, WHICH WERE CUT IN WOOD, AND AFTERWARDS PAINTED, BY JOHN HOLBEIN, IN THE TOWN HOUSE OF BASIL.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

Descriptions of each Plate in French and English, with the Scripture Text from which the Designs were taken.

ETCHED BY D. DEUCHAR, F.A.S.

London: PRINTED BY W. SMITH AND CO. KING STREET, SEVEN DIALS, FOR JOHN SCOTT, NO. 447, STRAND; & THOMAS OSTELL, NO. 3, AVE MARIA LANE. 1803.

Portrait of Holbein
Portrait of Holbein
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