DANCE OF DEATH - Merian, Matthäus. Todten-Tantz, wie derselbe in der löblichen und weit-berühmten Stadt Basel, Als ein Spiegel Menschlicher Beschaffenheit, gantz künstlich gemahlet und zusehen ist. With engraved title border, 1 full-page copper (Memento Mori), 1 copper plate (Vexierbild) and 42 text copies. Frankfurt, J. B. Andreä and H. Hort, [1725]. Cl.-4°. 198 p., [1] fol. half vellum binding of the time (spotted, somewhat bumped). VD18 10954708 - Wüthrich III, 360, 7 - Oppermann 1126 - cf. Massmann p. 78, 8. - Seventh edition, still printed from the original plates. Also in 1725 a collation-like edition appeared by the same publisher, "whether before or after is not to be decided" (Wüthrich). - More browned and fingerstained, some old backed tears.

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