1816 Scarce Book -The Dance of Death, Danse Macabre by Hans Holbein, Color illustrated.(Description) Author: Wenceslas Hollar; Hans Holbein. Title: The Dance of Death, from the original designs of Hans Holbein. Illustrated with 33 plates, engraved by W. Hollar and with descriptions in English and French. Language: Text in English and French. Publisher: London, Printed for J. Coxhead, 1816. Size: 8. 5 " X 5. 5 ". Pages : [2], 70 pages. Binding: Attractive and Very good contemporary full dark crimson morocco leather binding (hinges fine,

worn and scuffed - as shown

Size: 9 "X 6 "

his work on Poe's tales injects a visual vitality that further intensifies the enigmatic and suspenseful atmosphere of these stories

all published by the London firm Smith

332 pages + [4] publisher's catalog

the picture was criticised by one reviewer because the "violence of the action and dashing lights carry us away like the speech of a mob orator

The illustrator: Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1931) was an American artist and illustrator

John Major

1896) was an American lithographer and photographer

no date (1910)

notable for several of his publications

Author: Henry Gilbert