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"Matthäus MERIAN / Jacques-Anthony CHAUVIN - The dance of the dead as depicted in the laudable and famous town of Basle, to serve as a mirror of human nature By Jean Rod. Im-Hof & Fils, à Basle 1789 - Beautiful bilingual French-German edition of this famous dance of the dead from the city of Basle, republished many times in the 17th and 18th centuries. The book is structured around the procession of engravings by painter-engraver Matthäus Merian, based on the famous Totentanz fresco in Basel. Double title page, the German one reprinting the 1744 edition. Complete with 43 evocative engravings in the text and 2 engraved bands, by Chauvin after Merian. Bound in full calf with cold squared decoration on the boards, double framing of gilt fillets on the boards, 5-ribbed spine, ornate caissons, first spine split, rubbing and tears. A fine copy of this much sought-after work, with its grating illustrations. Large in-8, 190pp".
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"Matthäus MERIAN / Jacques-Anthony CHAUVIN - The dance of the dead as depicted in the laudable and famous town of Basle, to serve as a mirror of human nature By Jean Rod. Im-Hof & Fils, à Basle 1789 - Beautiful bilingual French-German edition of this famous dance of the dead from the city of Basle, republished many times in the 17th and 18th centuries. The book is structured around the procession of engravings by painter-engraver Matthäus Merian, based on the famous Totentanz fresco in Basel. Double title page, the German one reprinting the 1744 edition. Complete with 43 evocative engravings in the text and 2 engraved bands, by Chauvin after Merian. Bound in full calf with cold squared decoration on the boards, double framing of gilt fillets on the boards, 5-ribbed spine, ornate caissons, first spine split, rubbing and tears. A fine copy of this much sought-after work, with its grating illustrations. Large in-8, 190pp".
