Emblems of mortality
Subtitle: 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 affixed 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
Publisher: Printed for T. Hodgson, in George's-Court, St. John's-Lane, Clerkenwell
Published: 1789
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: lat
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Death; Illustrated Books; Wit and Humor as Topic; Bookbinding
Other titles: Imagines mortis; Images of death
Work titles: Dance of Death
Notes: The preface is by J.S. Hawkins; see English short title catalogue.

First edition; identical issue subsequently issued with title-page reading: The Dance of Death: from the original designs of Hans Holbein / illustrated with fifty-two wood cuts engraved by Thomas and John Bewick. Newcastle : Printed for William Charnley, 1789. See Hugo, no. 36; and Tattersfield, page 96; according to Tattersfield, the Newcastle edition is a false imprint,  in fact was printed by Emerson Charnley in 1840.

The wood engravings are actually by John Bewick; see Tattersfield's John Bewick; article by W.P. Garrison in the Bibliographer, v. 1, no. 2 (Feb. 1902), pages 47-60.

Illustrations accompanied by a translation of Imagines mortis, or the Images of death. Cf. p. [i].

Signatures: pi1 A⁶ a⁶ b² B-E⁶ F².

Shelved under Dance of death.

[2], xxviii, 51, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates: illustrations; 18cm

Tattersfield, N. John Bewick, engraver on wood, 1760-1795, JB 15

Hugo, T. Bewick collector, 35

English short title catalogue, T139829