Emblems of mortality

Emblems of mortality : representing, in upwards of fifty cuts, death seizing all ranks and degrees of people : imitated from a painting in the cemetery of the Dominican church at Basil, in Switzerland : with an apostrophe to each, translated from the Latin and French : intended as well for the information of the curious, as the instruction and entertainment of youth : to which is prefixed a copious preface, containing an historical account of the above, and other paintings on this subject, now or lately existing in divers parts of Europe. Illustrations accompanied by a translation of Imagines mortis, or the Images of death. -- p. [i]. The cuts, engraved by John Bewick, are copies of woodcuts by Hans L?tzelburger after Hans Holbein whose series of The dance of Death was published in Lyons in 1538. The editor states that the cuts and verses are from the Latin edition of 1547 with additional cuts and verses added from a French edition of 1562. The preface dated March 24, 1789 is by J.S. Hawkins, cf. Osborne catalogue, cited below.