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 infomation 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 (1789)

Bewick, John, 1760-1795, Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543, Hawkins, John Sidney, 1758-1842, Hodgson, Thomas, fl. 1785-1817 · London : Printed for T. Hodgson ... · leaf 77

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