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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Kissling, Werner (1895-1988) | 6 |
| Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson | 6 |
| Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron (1809-1892) | 6 |
| Haines, Frederick | 5 |
| Drelincourt, Charles (1595-1669) | 4 |
| Gatty, Alfred (1813-1903) | 4 |
| Gigliucci, Giovanni | 4 |
| KrasilʹNikov, Roman Leonidovich | 4 |
| Sherlock, William (1641?-1707) | 4 |
| Brooks, Eleanor Stimson | 3 |
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La dance machabre or Death's duell
Colman, Walter (1645); Cecil, Thomas (fl. 1630)
[1632?]
W.C. = Walter Colman. In verse. The title page is engraved and signed: T. Cecill (Johnson, "Engraved and etched English title-pages", 19). Publication date conjectured by STC. Preliminaries (7...
Aeternitatis prodromus mortis nuntius quem sanis, aegrotis, moribundis sistit
Drexel, Jeremias (1581-1638)
1630
Engraved t.p.
Les Consolations de l'ame fidele contre les frayeurs de la mort : Avec les dispositions & les préparations nécessaires pour bien mourir
Drelincourt, Charles (1595-1669)
1714
By Charles Drelincourt.
Des. Erasmi Roterodami liber cum primis pius, De praeparatione ad mortem, nunc primum & conscriptus & aeditus : Accedunt aliquot epistolae seriis de rebus, in quibus item nihil est no[n] novum ac recens
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536); More, Thomas Sir, Saint (1478-1535)
1534
Signatures: a-x4. Printer's device on the title page; verso of final leaf. Colophon: Basileae in officina Frobeniana per Hieronymum, et Nicolaum Episcopium anno M D XXXIIII. First edition. Woo...
Geistliche Todts-Gedancken bey allerhand Gemählden und Schildereyen : in Vorbildung unter-schiedlichen Geschlechts, Alters, Standes, und Würdens-Persohnen sich des Todes zu erinneren, aus dessen Lehr die Tugend zu üben, und die Sünd zu meyden
Rentz, Michael Heinrich (1701-1758)
1753
The plates are after Michael Heinrich Rentz, and were engraved by him or under his direction. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. One plate is unnumbered; two plates are numbered 50. Date of publication pr...
Les saints désirs de la mort, ou recueil de quelques pensées des pères de l'Église, pour montrer comment les Chrétiens doivent mépriser la vie, & souhaiter la mort
Lallemant, Jacques Philippe (1660-1748)
1754
Includes his "Testament spirituel" and "La mort des justes".
De doctrina moriendi opusculum, necessaria ad mortem foeliciter oppetendam pr[a]eparamenta declarans : & quo modo in eius agone variis antiqui hostis insultibus sit resistendum, edocens
Clichtove, Josse (1543)
1520
Author's name from caption title: per Judocum Clichtoveum - fol. 5r. Full date from colophon. Signatures: a-l 8. Woodcut of a Death's head on t.p. and recto of last leaf. Includes bibliographi...
Des seligen Herrn Barthold Heinrich Brockes Schwanen-Gesang : in einer Anleitung zum vergnügten und gelassenen Sterben
Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747)
1747