Haláltánc - Dodendans

Haláltánc; a bevezetöt írták és a miniatürkiadást összeállitották Janka Gyula, Kardos Gyula  / Holbein. - Budapest, Egyetemi Nyomda, 1974. - 60x50 mm., 218 p.; afbn. - ISBN 9633360153

Black leather; guilt title and drumming skeleton in white on front. Numbered copy 475/1000.

Dance of Death by Hans Holbein theYounger. Hungarian, German, English and Russian text with a preface by G. Kardos. Typographical design by Gyula Janka.

Hans Holbein the Younger 
(c. 1497–1543),German renaissance artist and printmaker He is best known as one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century, and made a significant contribution to the history of book design.

In Basle he met the Dutch humanist Erasmus (portret 1523) and made illustrations for "Moriae encomium, sive Stultitiae laus", printed in 1514 by Froben.

The Dance of Death or 'Le Danse Macabre' or 'la Danza de la Muerte' was an artistic response across Europe to the devastation brought about by the plague or black death. In Holbein's work Death is still very aggressive; however, it does not dance with the deads anymore, but intervenes directly in scenes of everyday life.

The authentic edition (created around 1526) and published in Basle in 1538,  with 41 engravings served as basis of this miniature edition.