The Dance of Death, from the original designs of Hans Holbein, illustrated with fifty-two wood cuts, engraved by Thomas and John Bewick
John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795)
Category
Books
Date
1789
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3131828
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],xxviii,51,[1]p.,plate . ill.. . 12mo.. Pencil marks on endpaper verso, including shelfmark: East case Div.1 Shelf 2 Bookplate tipped in after endpaper: From the Bewick Collection of the Rev. Thomas Hugo and described in "The Bewick Collector" No.36. Provenance: Inscription in ink on free endpaper verso: Sotheby M. Aug 1860 with ? Binding: Full green leather, gilt tooled, gilt edges, gilt lettered direct on spine.
Makers and roles
John Bewick (Northumberland 1760 - Northumberland 1795) Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) Hans Holbein the younger (Augsburg 1497/8 - London 1543)