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The Dance of Death.

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1704." 4to. That is, "An edifying mirror of mortality,representing the nullity of man through all stations andgenerations, by means of beautiful engravings in copper,instructive inscriptions, and heart-moving lays of Death,as an appendix to the work formerly edited by Rudolphand Conrad Meyern of Zurich, but now published withLatin inscriptions and engravings, augmented and renewedby the worldly-renowned poet Augustin Casimir Redel," &c.

In this edition the Pope and all the other religiouscharacters are omitted, probably by design. The etchingsare very inferior to the fine originals, and without the nameof the artist. The dresses are frequently modernised in thefashion of the time, and other variations are occasionallyintroduced.

V. " Den Algemeynen Dooden Spiegel van Pater Abrahama Sancta Clara," i. e. The universal mirror of Death ofFather Abraham a Sancta Clara, on a frontispiece en-graved on copper, with a medallion of the author, andvarious allegorical figures. Then the printed title :—" DenAlgeymeynen Dooden Spiegel ofte de Capelle der Doodenwaerin alle Menschen sich al lacchende oft al weenendeop recht konnen beschouwen, verciert met aerdige historien,Sin-rycke gedichten ende seelenleerende Beeldt-schetsen opgestelt door den eerweerdigen Pater Abraham a SanctaClara, Difinitor der Provincie van het order der onge-schoende Augustynen, end Predickant van syne KeyserlyckeMajesteyt Leopoldus. Getrouwelyck overgeset uyt hethoogh-duyts in onse Nederduytsche Taele. Tot Brussel,by de Wed. G. Jacobs tegen de Baert-brugge in deDruckerye, 1730." i2mo. i.e. "The universal mirrorof Death taken from the chapel of the dead; in whichall men may see themselves properly, whether laughing orweeping, ornamented with pretty stories, spirited poems,and instructive prints, arranged by Father Abraham a SanctaClara, of the Augustinian order, ana preacher to hisImperial Majesty Leopold, and faithfully translated outof High Dutch into our Netherlandish language."

The work consists of sixty-seven engravings on woodwithin borders, and of very indifferent execution in allrespects; the text a mixture of prose and poetry of areligious nature, allusive to the subjects which are not