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into which he has been misled by Hilscher, and some otherwriters. His text is accompanied with a profusion of notes,altogether of a pious and moral nature.

Rusting's work consists of thirty neat engravings, ofwhich the following are copied from the Lyons wood-cuts.1. The King, much varied. 2. The Astrologer. 3. TheSoldier. 4. The Monk. 5. The Old Man. 6. ThePedlar The rest are, on the whole, original designs, yetwith occasional hints from the Lyons cuts; the best ofthem are, the Masquerade, the Rope-dancer, and theSkaiters. The frontispiece is in two compartments ; theupper one, Death crowned, sitting on a throne, on each sideof him a Death trumpeter ; the lower, a fantastic Dance ofseven Deaths, near a crowned skeleton lying on a couch.

XL a Le triomphe de la Mort." A Basle, 1780, folio.This is the first part of a collection of the works of HansHolbein, engraved and published by M. Chretien deMechel, a celebrated artist, and formerly a printseller inthe above city. It has a dedication to George III. followedby explanations in French of the subjects, in number 46,and in the following order :—No. 1. A Frontispiece, repre-senting a tablet of stone, on one side of which Holbeinappears behind a curtain, which is drawn aside by Deathin order to exhibit to him the grand spectacle of the scenes ofhuman life which he is intended to paint; this is further de-signated by a heap of the attributes of greatness, dignities,wealth, arts, and sciences, intermixed with Deaths' heads, allof which are trampled under foot by Death himself. Atbottom, Lucan's line, " Mors sceptra ligonibus sequat."The tablet is surmounted by a medallion of Holbein,supported by two genii, one of whom decorates theportrait with flowers, whilst another lets loose a butterfly,and a third is employed in blowing bubbles. On thetablet itself is a second title, "Le triomphe de la mort,grave d'apres les dessins originaux de Jean Holbein parChr 11 . de Mechel, graveur a Basle, mdcclxxx." Thisfrontispiece has been purposely inverted for the presentwork. The other subjects are :—No. 2. The Temptation.3. Expulsion from Paradise. 4. Adam digging, Eve spin-ning. 5. The Pope. 6. The Cardinal. 7. The Duke. 8.The Bishop. 9. The Canon. 10. The Monk. 11. The