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The Dance of Death.

Jeune fille. 36. Le Sot. 37. Le Hallebardier. 38. LaPucelle vierge. 39. L'Hermite. 40. L'Escuier. 41. LaChamberiere. 42. La Femme de lescuier. 43. La Corde-liere. 44. La Femme veuve. 45. Le Chartreux. 46. LaRoyne. 47. La Regente. 48. La Bergere. 49. L'Advocat50. L'Espousee. 51. La Femme amoureuse. 52. La Nou-velle Mariee. 53. Le Medecin. Wherever the figure ofDeath is introduced, he is accompanied with the motto" Amort, amort."

No. XIII. " Hore ad usum Romanum. ThielmanKerver," 1511, 8vo. Vellum, with the Danse Macabre.

No. XIV. " Heures a l'usage de Langres. Simon Vostre,"1512, 8vo. In the possession of Mons. G. M. Raymond,who has described it in Millin's " Magazin Encyclopedique,"1814, torn. iii. p. 13. Mentioned also by M. Peignot.

No. XV. " Heures a l'usage de Paris. Simon Vostre,"1515, 8vo. With the Danse Macabre, and the othermentioned in No. I.

No. XVI. " Heures de Nostre Dame a l'usage deTroyes. Th. Englard, pour G. Goderet, vers 1520."Vellum. Described by M. Peignot.

No. XVII. "Hore ad usum Romanum. ThielmanKerver," 1526, 8vo. Vellum. A beautiful volume. Pre-fixed to the Danse Macabre are two prints of the Troismorts et trois vifs.

In all the above Horae the Macaber Dance is representednearly alike in design, the variations being chiefly in theattitudes of the figures, which are cut on different blocks,except in a few instances where the printers have borrowedthe latter from each other. Thus Vostre uses Verard's,and Pigouchet Godar's. The number of the subjects alsovaries, Vostre and Kerver having more than Verard,Godar, and Pigouchet.

Exceptions to the above manner of representing theMacaber Dance, occur in two Horae of singular rarity, andwhich are therefore worthy of particular notice.

No. XVIII. " Officium beatae Marise Virginis ad usumRomane ecclesie. Impressum Lugduni expensis Bonini deBoninis Dalmatini, die xx martij, 1499." I2mo - On vellum.Here the designs are very different, and three of the subjectsare placed at the bottom of the page. They consist of the