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verses in some early edition of the Macaber Dance in thatlanguage. It consists of twenty-two leaves, with wood-cutsof the Pope, Cardinal, Bishop, Abbot, &c. &c. accompaniedby figures of Death.
1. "La Danse Macabre imprimee par ung nomme' GuyMarchand, &c. Paris, 1485," small folio. Mons. Cham-pollion Figeac has given a very minute description ofthis extremely rare, and perhaps unique, volume, the onlyknown copy of which is in the public library of Grenoble.This account is to be found in Millin's Magazin Encyclo-pedique, 1811, vol. vi. p. 355, and thence by M. Peignot,in his Recherches, &c.
2. " Ce present livre est appelle Miroer salutaire pourtoutes gens, et de tous estatz, et est de grant utilite etrecreation pour pleuseurs ensegnemens tant en Latincomme en Francoys lesquels il contient ainsi composepour ceulx qui desirent acquerir leur salut: et qui levoudront avoir. La Danse Macabre nouvelle." At theend, " Cy finit la Danse Macabre hystoriee augmentee depleuseurs nouveaux parsonnages (six) et beaux dis. et lestrois mors et trois vif ensemble. Nouvellement ainsi com-posee et imprimee par Guyot Marchant demorant a Parisau grant hostel du college de Navarre en champ GaillartIan de grace, i486, le septieme jour de juing." A smallfolio of fifteen leaves, or thirty pages, twenty-four of whichbelong to the Danse Macabre, and six to the Trois mortset les trois vifs.
On the authority of the above expression, " composee,"and also on that of La Croix du Maine, Marchant hasbeen made the author as well as the printer of the work;but M. de la Monnoye is not of that opinion; nor indeedis there any other metrical composition by this printerknown to exist.
3. "La Danse Macabre des femmes, &c. Paris, parGuyot Marchant, i486, le septieme jour de Juillet," smallfolio, of fifteen leaves only. This is the first edition of theMacaber Dance of females ; and though thirty-two of themare described, the Queen and Duchess only are engraved.See No. 6 for the rest. This and the preceding edition arealso particularly described by Messrs. CJiampollion Figeacand Peignot,