L'Alphabet de la Mort de Hans Holbein; Entouré de bordures du XVIe siècle et suivi d'... L'Alphabet de la Mort de Hans Holbein; Entouré de bordures du XVIe siècle et suivi d'...

L'Alphabet de la Mort de Hans Holbein; Entouré de bordures du XVIe siècle et suivi d'anciens poëmes francais sur le sujet des trois mors et des trois vis publiés D'Après Les Manuscrits Par Anatole de Montaiglon

Anatole de Montaiglon, Hans Holbein

Published by Imprimé Pour Edwin Tross, Paris, 1856
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22.5 x 14 cm. Octavo. French language text. Bound in green boards. Gilt lettering to cover and spine, blind stamped design. Extensively illustrated with border illustrations and initials. Chipping to head of spine. Scattered foxing. Front gutter starting. Seller Inventory # 64946

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Title: L'Alphabet de la Mort de Hans Holbein; ...
Publisher: Imprimé Pour Edwin Tross, Paris
Publication Date: 1856
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First edition.

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Holbein, Hans; Anatole De Montaiglon
Published by Edwin Tross, Paris, 1856
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Seller: Nick Bikoff, IOBA, Fairfield, NJ, U.S.A.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Bright, clean red cloth binding with gilt decoration & lettering. Text tight & intact: binding solid. Unpaginated. Written in Latin & French. Various scenes illustrating the universality of death, no matter one's station in life, are engraved in the historiated woodcut borders & letters. Hans Holbein (1497-1543) created his Alphabet of Death at a time when the Latin alphabet did not distinguish between I and J or U and V. The separation into vowels and consonants came after the Renaissance. De Montaiglon's preface notes that Holbein's alphabet has only twenty-four letters. Early owner's bookplate. Toning on endpapers only. Poetry, Art; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. Seller Inventory # 17837

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Seller: Bouquinerie Aurore (SLAM-ILAB), BELMESNIL, France

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1 vignette en page de titre reprise en dernière page, encadrements du texte très richement illustrés et 29 lettrines dont 24 pour l'alphabet en lui-même (sans J ni U). Les 5 autres lettrines sont des reprises de celles de l'alphabet. Seller Inventory # 10495

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