[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce ed. of Merian's "Dance of Death" using the orig. copper plates. Basel: ca. 1830

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Merian, Matthaeus]. TODTEN TANS... Welt Beruhmten Stadt Basel... Nach dem Original in Kupfer Gebracht... Basel: Birmann & Sohne. No date (ca. 1830). Sm. 4to. 98pp. French & German text. Title page entirely engraved and text wth 43 plates engraved by H. H. Klauber after Matthaeus Merian, the Elder. Later 19th century paste paper boards, morocco spine label.              $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A scarce edition of "The Dance of Death," a reprint of the 1744 edition printed in Basel, using the original copper plates.

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