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Todten-Tantz / Wie derselbe in der löblichen und weitberühmten Statt Basel
Matthäus Merian I (German, 1593–1650)
1649
Place of Publication: Frankfurt, Germany
Medium/Technique
Illustrated book with title page and 43 etching and engravings [incomplete: title and plates only]
Dimensions
Overall: 25 x 19.9 x 1.9 cm (9 13/16 x 7 13/16 x 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Gaffield
Accession NumberBR473
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1649
Catalogue Raisonné
Brunet III, 1650; VD17 23:000339T; Hollstein, German, XXVIA, pp. 179-84, no. 668 II; Wütrich, Matthaeus Merian, III, pp. 345-62, 4th edition
Description(Frankfurt: Matthaeus Merian, 1649) Quarto; 44 leaves [incomplete: plates only]; nineteenth-century half gilt-stamped red morocco, marbled paper boards.
Illustrations of "Dance of Death," people in various walks of life confronting figure of Death
Illustrations of "Dance of Death," people in various walks of life confronting figure of Death
ProvenanceThomas Gaffield, by whom given to the MFA, December 1895.