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The Celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death

The Celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Anatole De Montaiglon (Compiled by), Hans Holbein (Illustrator)Publish date:2021-03-09Pages:70
Language:EnglishPublisher:Curious PublicationsISBN-13:9781735320120ISBN-10:1735320129UPC:9781735320120Book Category:Non-Classifiable, History, ArtBook Subcategory:Non-Classifiable, HistoryBook Topic:EuropeanSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.17 inchesWeight:0.2293Product ID:SCW7GMX973

This book is a reproduction of an 1856 edition put together by nineteenth-century French librarian and art historian, Anatole de Courde de Montaiglon.

Hans Holbein (1497-1543) created the Alphabet of Death at a time when the Latin alphabet did not distinguish between I and J or U and V-the separation into vowels and consonants came after the Renaissance. Therefore, you'll notice Holbein's alphabet has only twenty-four letters.

Further details are offered by De Montaiglon in his introduction to the book. Following the original edition, each letter of the Alphabet of Death is enlarged to allow a closer look at Hans Holbein's meticulously detailed work.




Language:EnglishPublisher:Curious PublicationsISBN-13:9781735320120ISBN-10:1735320129UPC:9781735320120Book Category:Non-Classifiable, History, ArtBook Subcategory:Non-Classifiable, HistoryBook Topic:EuropeanSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.17 inchesWeight:0.2293Product ID:SCW7GMX973
Publisher: Curious Publications

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Anatole De Montaiglon (Compiled by), Hans Holbein (Illustrator)

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