Bristol Psalter

The Bristol Psalter. - [Bristol: Lilliput Press], s.a. -  [48 p.], 28x23 mm., ills. , front.

Black Morrocan goatskin, with ornate design tooled in gold around the spine, and a brass clasp. Hand-coloured  frontispiece and titlepage similar to mediaeval Books of Hours. Four black and white illustrations by Richard Pope.

 
 Favourite psalms from the Bible, based on The Bristol Psalter (London, 1895), named after a beautiful illuminated manuscript. of the 10th-11th century.

The Lilliput Press of Tim Sheppard in Bristol (UK); "dedicated to the highest possible standards of craftsmanship and authenticity. Many titles are designed in period styles, and include rare original illustrations. I pursue perfection in all areas: text and illustration, typesetting, design, printing, hand-painting, materials, binding and finishing". (website 2003).

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.