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The dance of death : in a series of engravings on wood from designs attributed to Hans Holbein ; with a treatise on the subject
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Reusner's " aureolorum emblematum liber singularis,*Argentorati, 1591, i2mo. A print of Death taking awaya lady who has been stung by a serpent; designed andengraved by Tobias Stimmer.

" De Bry Proscenium vitae humanse," Francof. 1592 and1627, 4to. This collection has two subjects :1. Deathand the Young Man. 2. Death and the Virgin.

" Jani Jacobi Boissardi Emblematum liber, a Theodorode Bry sculpta." Francof. 1593. Contains one print,entitled " Sola virtus est funeris expers." The three Fates,one of whom holds a tablet with sic visvm svperis.Death attending with his hour-glass. Below, crowns,sceptres, and various emblems of human vanity. Onthe spectator's left, a figure of Virtue standing, withsword and shield.

"De Bry Emblemata." Francof. 1593, 4to. The lastemblem has Death striking an old man, who still clingsto the world, represented as a globe.

"Rolandini variar. imaginum,' lib. iii. Panormi, 1595,i2mo.

"Alciati Emblemata," one of the earliest books of itskind, and a favourite that has passed through a great manyeditions.

"Typotii symbola divina et humana Pontificum Impe-ratorum, Regum," &c. Francofurti, 1601, folio.

"Friderich's Emblems," 1617, 8vo. Several engravingson the subject.

" Das erneuerte Stamm- und Stechbuchlein." By FabianAthyr. Nuremberg, 1654. Small obi. 4to.

" Mannichii Emblemata." Nuremberg, 1624, 4to.

" Minne Beelden toe-ghepast de Lievende Jonckheyt,"Amst. 1635, i2mo. The cuts on /he subject are extremelygrotesque and singular.

" Sciographia Cosmica." A description of the principaltowns and cities in the world, with views engraved by PaulFurst, and appropriate emblems. By Daniel Meisner : ineight parts. Nuremberg, 1637. Oblong 4to. In the printof the town of Freyburg, Death stands near an old man,and holds a clock in one hand. In that of the city ofToledo, Death accompanies a female who has a mirror inher hand.

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