Hasselwander (Albert). Ein Anatomischer Totentanz... , Munich: Bergmann, 1926

Hasselwander (Albert). Ein Anatomischer Totentanz. Unter Mitwirkung von Kunstmaler Fritz Skell, Munich: Bergmann, 1926, printed on thick white paper with deckled edges, 50 collotype plates (numbered 1-25 and 1a-25a) and some illustrations to text, a few minor spots, contemporary gift inscription to half-title (somewhat spotted), original lettered half cloth with spine relaid, new cloth over boards, new headbands and endpapers, spine and original cloth sides rubbed and soiled, 4to (22 x 17.5cm)

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This unusual and scarce work features plates of male and female nudes with skeletons artfully arranged in matching poses, making for a modern anatomical interpretation of the medieval 'Dance of Death'. Hasselwander was professor of anatomy at the University of Erlangen and author of the Atlas of the Anatomy of the Human Body in X-Ray Images, published the same year.

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