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gentleman accompanied by a little dog. 2. Death playingon a stickado, precedes a lady and gentleman dancingback to back, below an hour-glass. 3. Death, with anhour-glass in his right hand, lays his left on the shoulderof a gentleman taking hold of a lady with his right hand,and carrying a hawk with his left. 4. Death crowned witha garland, and holding an hour-glass in his left hand,stands between a lady and gentleman joining hands. 5.Death, with a fool's cap and hood, a dagger of lath, anda bladder, holds up an hour-glass with his right hand ;with his left he seizes the hand of a terrified ladyaccompanied by a gentleman, who endea\ours to thrustaway the unwelcome companion. 6. Another couple ledby Death. 7. Death with a cap and feathers holds anhour-glass in his righthand, and with his left seizes a lady,whom a gentleman endeavours to draw away from him.All have the date 1562. i2mo. Size, 3 inches by 2.They are described also in Bartsch, " Peintre graveur," ix.482, and have been sometimes erroneously ascribed toAldegrever.

IV. A Dance of Death, extremely well executed onwood, the designs of which have been taken from a setof initial letters, that will hereafter be particularly des-cribed. They are upright, and measure 2 inches byi£. Each subject is accompanied with two Germanverses.

V. On the back of the title-page to " Die kleyn furstlichChronica," Strasb. 1544, 4to. are three subjects thatappear to be part of a series. 1. Death and the Pope,who has a book and triple crosier. Death kneels to himwhilst he plays on a tabor and drum. 2. Death and theKing. Death blows a trumpet. 3. Death shoots an arrowat a warrior armed with sword and battle-axe. All thesefigures are accompanied with German verses, and are neatlyengraved on wood.

VI. A series of single figures, etched with great spirit byGiovanni Maria Mitelli. They are not accompanied byDeath, but hold dialogues with him in Italian stanzas.The characters are, 1. The Astrologer. 2. The Doctor ofuniversal science. 3. The Hunter. 4. The Mathematic an.$. The Idolater. They are not mentioned in Bartscl: nor