H4 The Dance of Death,

is here again submitted to public attention in a considerablyenlarged form, and corrected from the errors and imper-fections into which its author had been misled by precedingwriters on the subject, and by the paucity of the materialswhich he was then able to obtain. This edition wasreprinted verbatim, and with the same etchings, in 1816,for J. Coxhead, in Holywell Street, Strand, but without anymention of the former, and accompanied with the additionof a brief memoir of Holbein.

It is most likely that Hollar, having discovered the errorwhich he had committed in copying the spurious engravingsbefore mentioned, and subsequently procured a set ofgenuine impressions, resolved to make another set ofetchings from the original work, four only of which heappears to have executed, his death probably taking placebefore they could be completed. These are, 1. The Popecrowning the Emperor, with " Moriatur sacerdos magnus."2. The rich man disregarding the beggar, with " Quiobturat aurem suam ad clamorem pauperis," &c. and thefour Latin lines, " Consulitis, dites," &c. at bottom, as inthe original. It is beautifully and most faithfully copied,

^^IHl^CcTL inv. Hollar fecit. 3. The Ploughman, with

" In sudore vultus," &c. 4. The Robber, with " Dominevim patior."

In Dugdale's "History of St. Paul's," and also in theMonasticon, there is a single etching by Hollar of Deathleading all ranks of people. It is only an improved copyof an old wood-cut in Lydgate's works, already mentionedin p. 45, and which is altogether imaginary, not being takenfrom any real series of the Dance.

VI. " Varii e veri ritratte della morte disegnati inimmagini, ed espressi in Essempii al peccatore duro dicuore, dal padre Gio. Battista Marmi della compagnia deGiesu. Venetia, 1669." 8vo. It has several engravings,among which are the following, after the original designs.1. Queen. 2. Nobleman. 3. Merchant. 4. Gamblers.5. Physician. 6. Miser. The last five being close copiesfrom the same subjects, in the Basle edit. 1769, No. V. ofthe copies in wood.

VII. "Theatrum mortis humanae tripartitum, I. Pars.