Büchel,E.

The Dance of Death in the Klingenthal at Basel drawn after the original and placed at the Liecht by Emanuel Büchel in 1768. Together with an appendix of the other paintings which are all there, as also of the gravestones in the church, together with the same inscriptions. Preliminary report of the draughtsman. German manuscript on paper. Gr.4°. With 3 calligraph. Titles (Drafts) 1 with vignette in pencil drawing and 1 with vignette in pen drawing, 2 full-page drawings. sketches for an illustrated title or frontisp., one of which inscribed Em: Büchel inf: et fecit 1768 and with pencil sketch in the lower margin. margin. 10 fol. hs. Text (incl. titles). One fold. Pbd. d. Zt. Contains: Title (1 p.), preliminary report by the draughtsman (6 p.), 2nd title-page. (calligraphy, 1 p.), poem (1 p.), 2 illustrated titles, title: Der Todten Tanz auf dem Prediger Kirchhof zu Basel, Aus Hoch Obrigkeitlichem Befehl abgeschildert, und in einem dazu dienlichen Vorbericht erleuteret, von Emanuel Büchel, In Jahre 1773. preliminary report of the draughtsman (6 p.). - The two illustrated titles each showing the view through an archway on the Klingental monastery with skull and book in the foreground on a wall. - Ownership inscription on the front endpaper, some wear - German manuscript on paper. With 3 calligraphic titles (drafts) and 2 draft drawings. Simple contemporary cased boards (damaged). R