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197 - Steinhauer, A.

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€400 - 600

Sale fees

27%

Steinhauer, A. Vado mori, That is: Readiness for Death, or The Path of All Flesh, through a Proper Funeral Procession. Formerly elegantly described in Latin verse... Strasbourg and Augsburg, Wagner 1744. With engraved frontispiece. 16 leaves, 46 pp., 186 pp., 12 leaves. Contemporary leather binding with gold-stamped spine and edges (scuffed and worn, small missing areas on the front cover). Jantz 2663 (without frontispiece). Seebaß II, 951. Oppermann 1195 a. — First German edition, rare. — As in the illustrated Dance of Death series, here too the members of the various social classes speak of their readiness to die; each verse begins with “I am ready to die...” — The preface also contains interesting remarks on the literary history of Dance of Death books. — A fine copy inside.

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Auction details

Auction 146 - Day 1
Wednesday, December 9
10:00 AM
Steubenstrasse, 36
75172 Pforzheim, Germany

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