Rodolphe BRESDIN (1822-1885) The Comedy of Death. 1854. Lithograph. 149 x 216. Van Gelder 84. Beautiful and interesting proof on applied bubble paper, this one very browned, from an 1861 edition addressed to Lemercier, the title in "rustic" capitals, the words "Rodolphe Bresdin fecit" engraved in point on the right, covered with the artist's oval red stamp (Lugt 295 b - "extremely rare, which Bresdin reserved for particularly successful or remarkable copies" according to Van Gelder, tome II, p. 6) affixed in the center between the title and the subject, pasted in full on cardboard. Epidermure in a cloud, another in the center at the edge of the upper margin. Scattered light foxing. Full margins. Frame (not examined outside frame).