Emblems of Mortality; Representing, In Upwards of Fifty Cuts, Death Seizing All Ranks and Degrees of People; Imitated from a Painting in The Cemetary of The Dominican Church at Basil, in Switzerland: With an apostrophe to Each, translated from the Latin..
London: Printed for T. Hodgson, 1789. Hardcover. 12mo. Good / No Jacket. Item #006286
...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. Full contemporary calf. Unlettered spine. [4], xxviii, 51 pp, [1]. Boards heavily rubbed, wear to edges, front joint and hinge loose. Large chip cut from head of ffep. Staining and foxing to interior. John Bewick [ca. 1760-1795, per the Oxford DNB] was the brother of Thomas Bewick, the noted wood engraver and author of works on natural history.
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