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A man holding a skull. Engraving by Johann Jakob von Meckel.
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A man holding a skull. Engraving by Johann Jakob von Meckel.

Johann Jakob Mechel

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Lettering: Der Blitz über das Grab. Der Edlen zur Beförderung und Aufmunterung des Guten und Gemein̄üzigen errichteten Gesellschaft in Basel. Gewidmet von Ihrem ergebensten Diener und Mitbürger J.J. von Mechel. Gestochen durch J.J. von Mechel den jüngern.

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