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Les simulachres & historiees faces de la mort
Illustrated by: Hans Holbein, the Younger (German, 1497 or 1498–1543)
Cut by: Hans Lützelburger (German, active 1516–1526)
Printer: Gaspard and Melchior Trechsel (French, 16th century)
Publisher: Jean Frellon (French, died in 1568)
Publisher: François Frellon (French, died about 1546)
Cut by: Hans Lützelburger (German, active 1516–1526)
Printer: Gaspard and Melchior Trechsel (French, 16th century)
Publisher: Jean Frellon (French, died in 1568)
Publisher: François Frellon (French, died about 1546)
1538
Place of Publication: Lyons, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 41 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 15.4 x 11 x 1 cm (6 1/16 x 4 5/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number64.743
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyons: Melchior and Gaspard Trechsel, for Jean and François Frellon, 1538
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet III, 254-55; Mortimer, French, 284
Description(Lyons: Melchior and Gaspard Trechsel, for Jean and François Frellon, 1538) Quarto; 52 leaves; modern gilt-stamped blue morocco (Rivière).
Illustrations of Dance of Death subjects. First edition. MFA owns a complete set of the illustrations, disbound from another copy of this edition (M20944-20985), in addition to a number of proofs of the woodcuts.
Illustrations of Dance of Death subjects. First edition. MFA owns a complete set of the illustrations, disbound from another copy of this edition (M20944-20985), in addition to a number of proofs of the woodcuts.
ProvenanceW.G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955), by whom bequeathed to MFA, April 8, 1964.