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Holbenii Pictoris Alphabetum Mortis: Todtentanz-Alphabet, vollständig in 24 Holzschnitten nach dem Dresdener Originale
by Hans Holbein, Heinrich Lödel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Item Price
£97.14£82.57
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About This Item
Good copy of Heinrich Lödel's reproductions of Holbein's Alphabet of Death.
The painter Hans Holbein's Dance of Death Alphabet, fully reproduced in 24 woodcuts from the Dresden originals for the first time by H. Lödel in Göttingen.
The painter Hans Holbein's Dance of Death Alphabet, fully reproduced in 24 woodcuts from the Dresden originals for the first time by H. Lödel in Göttingen.
According to the exhaustive Dance of Death website dodedans.com, Holbein's alphabet of Death was first used in 1524. Holbein's designs were cut in small woodblocks in incredible detail by the engraver Hans Lutzelburger.
These are really dynamic scenes, full of action and drama. In many, two skeletons grapple with their victim, violently grabbing, pulling and murdering with boney arms to fill the tiny square behind the initial letter with action.
All 24 initials printed in black, with decorative borders in sepia by the painter Georg Osterwald.
Heinrich Lödel (1798-1861) was a German painter and etcher, based in Göttingen from 1819. He was later the university engraver at Georg-August University.
Brown cloth spine with gilt title label, amateurishly repaired marble boards with rippling, ticket of bookseller Friedrich Klincksieck (Paris), interior browning and spotted, but all woodcuts and borders crisp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Flo284
- Title
- Holbenii Pictoris Alphabetum Mortis
- Author
- Hans Holbein, Heinrich Lödel
- Illustrator
- Hans Holbein, Heinrich Lödel, Georg Osterwald
- Format/Binding
- Cloth spine, gilt title, marble boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.M. Heberle (H. Lempertz & Comp.)
- Place of Publication
- Cologne, Bonn and Brussels
- Date Published
- 1849
- Size
- Octavo, 18 x 11cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hans Holbein, Heinrich Lödel, Georg Osterwald, Alphabet, Todtentanz, Dance of Death, engraving, woodcut, woodblock, initial, macabre, rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Dance of Death;
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
Biblio member since 2019
Tokyo, Tokyo
About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and travel. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
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