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The Celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death - (Paperback)

The Celebrated Hans Holbein's Alphabet of Death - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This book is a reproduction of an 1856 edition put together by nineteenth-century French librarian and art historian, Anatole de Courde de Montaiglon. </p><p> 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.</p><p> 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.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>

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