Dance of Death: A Graphic Commentary on the Danse Macabre Through the Centuries by Eichenberg, Fritz - 1983

New York: Abbeville Press, 1983. 1983 Edition; no statement of later printing on copyright page. FINE in FINE dust jacket. A clean, totally unmarked and tightly bound copy. Pages pristine. Hardcover, salmon-colored cloth over boards, title gilt stamped on spine. blind stamped on front, is fresh and unworn. Illustrated jacket is bright and complete - no tears, chips or creases. Jacket is in a clear archival protector. Binding and hinges firm, intact and straight. Eichenberg's traces Death as a subject in art, including more 70 black and white reproductions of artwork from the 15th to late 20th century, artists including Durer, Holbein, Goya, Rowlandson, Daumier, Kollwitz, Grosz, Picasso, Rauschenberg and Zielezinski. There are also 17 Eichenberg woodcuts, all full page plates with short verses on facing pages. Pieces include The Ship of Fools, The Angels Are Coming, Saturday Night Special and Death Row. 8-3/4 x 11-1/2"; 136 pages. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.