The Dance of Death.

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A circular engraving, 2 inches diameter, of a pairof lovers in a garden. The lady is playing on a harp;her companion's lute is on the ground. They are ac-companied by a fool, and Death behind is standing witha dart in his hand ready for aim at the youthful couple.

A very large engraving on wood tinted in chiaroscuro.It represents a sort of triumphal arch at the top of whichis a Death's head, above, an hour-glass between two arm-bones, that support a stone ; evidently borrowed from thelast cut of the arms of Death in the Lyons wood-cuts.Underneath, the three Fates between obelisks crownedwith Deaths' heads and crosses, with the words MNHMO-NEYE AnO^YXEIN and ITER AD VITAM. In themiddle, a circle with eight compartments, in which areskeleton heads of a pope, an emperor, &c. with mottoes.In the extremity of the circle, the words " Post hoc autemjudicium statutum est omnibus hominibus semel mori."The above obelisks are supported by whole length figuresof Death, near which are shields with bonis bona and malismala. On the pedestals that support the figures of Deathare shields inscribed memento mori and memorare novis-sima. Underneath the circle, a sort of table monument withDeath's head brackets, and on its plinth a sceptre, car-dinal's cross, abbot's crozier, a vessel with money, and twobooks. Between the brackets, in capitals :—

TRIA SUNT VERE

qVJE ME FACIVNT

FLERE.

And underneath in italics :—

Primum quidem durum, quia scio me moriturum.Secundum vero plango, quia moriar, et nescio quando.Tertium autem flebo, quia nescio ubi manebo.

In a corner at bottom, "111. D. Petro Caballo J. C.Poutrem Eelig. D. Steph. ordinisq. milit. Ser. M. D.Hetr: Auaitori mon: Joh. Fortuna Fortunius Inven.Seni..... mdlxxxviii." It is a very fine print, en-graved with considerable spirit.