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Icones Mortis (Images of Death)
Illustrated by: Hans Holbein, the Younger (German, 1497 or 1498–1543)
Printer: Jean Frellon (French, died in 1568)
Printer: Jean Frellon (French, died in 1568)
1554
Place of Publication: Lyons, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 53 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 16.6 x 10.8 x 1.8 cm (6 9/16 x 4 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of the Countess d'Edla
Accession Number30.1028
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Lyons: Jean Frellon, 1554
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein, German, XIVA, p. 205; Mortimer, Harvard French, under 288
Description([Lyons: Jean Frellon] 1554) Quarto; 88 leaves; contemporary blind-stamped brown calf, gauffered edges.
Illustrations: Hans Holbein's series of Dance of Death images.
Illustrations: Hans Holbein's series of Dance of Death images.
ProvenanceOld ownership inscription on title page; Countess d'Edla, by whom bequeathed to MFA, March 1930.