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Der sogenannte Sinn-lehr-und Geist-volle ... Todentanz : anietzo mit einigen einfältig, doch gut gemeynten Reimen und Versen versehen

Rentz, Michael Heinrich, 1701-1758, Wasserburger, Patricius · 1767 · Wien : Gedruckt bey Johann Thomas Edlen von Trattnern ... · 83 pictures

This 1767 Viennese edition, printed by Johann Thomas von Trattnern, reissues the German Dance of Death, a moralising series of allegorical scenes with rhymed verses by Michael Heinrich Rentz and Patricius Wasserburger. Its engraved plates show Death leading figures from every rank through baroque architectural frames with cartouches, a useful reference for memento mori imagery, skeletal figures and ornamental framing.

Dance of death · Death · Death in art

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