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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: François Frellon (French, died about 1546)
Publisher: Jean Frellon (French, died in 1568)
Cut by: Hans Lützelburger (German, active 1516–1526)
Printer: Gaspard and Melchior Trechsel (French, 16th century)
Publisher: François Frellon (French, died about 1546)
Publisher: Jean Frellon (French, died in 1568)
1538
Place of Publication: Lyons, France
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with 41 woodcuts
Dimensions
Overall: 14.9 x 11.2 x 0.8 cm (5 7/8 x 4 7/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Accession Number08.544.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
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 [disbound]; modern gilt- and blind-stamped brown morocco (F. Bedford).
Illustrations of Dance of Death subjects.
[Note: all illustration leaves from this copy have been disbound and placed with prints; this includes M20944-20985; the binding with remaining text is shelved with books]
Illustrations of Dance of Death subjects.
[Note: all illustration leaves from this copy have been disbound and placed with prints; this includes M20944-20985; the binding with remaining text is shelved with books]
ProvenanceBy 1908, Bernard Quaritch, Ltd., London; 1908, sold by Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. to the MFA. (Accession date: January 12, 2017)