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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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A print, entitled " Cursus Mundi." A woman holds, inone hand, a broken vessel with live coals \ in the other, alamp, at which a little boy is about to light a candle.Death appears on the left. At bottom, a Latin inscription,stating that the picture was painted by William Panneels,the scholar of Rubens, in 1631, and that it is in the palaceof Anselm Casimir, archbishop of Mentz. Upright, 9^by 6f

A small anonymous engraving of Death sitting on alarge fractured bass-viol, near which, on the ground, is abroken violin.

An elegant small and anonymous engraving of a youngsoldier, whom Death strikes with his dart whilst he despoilshim of his hat and feather. At bottom, six couplets ofFrench verses, beginning " Retire toy de moy, O monstreinsatiable." Upright, 3! by 2|.

A small anonymous engraving of a merchant watchingthe embarkation of his goods, Death behind waiting forhim. Motto from Psalm xxxix., " Computat et parcit, nee quissit noverit hseres," &c. Upright, 3^ by ij.

Its companionDeath striking a child in a cradle. Jobxiv.: " Vita brevis hominum variis obnoxia curis," &c.These were probably part of a series.

An anonymous engraving of a man on his death-bed.On one side, the vision of a bishop saint in a cloud \ onthe other, Death has just entered the room to receive hisvictim. Oblong, 5^ by 2J.

An anonymous engraving of a woman sitting under atree. Sin, as a boy, with peccatvm inscribed on his fore-head, delivers a globe, on which a serpent is entwined, toDeath. At bottom, " A muliere initium factum est peccati,et per illam omnes morimur." Eccl. c. xxv.

A small anonymous engraving of Death interrupting aTurkish sultan at table. In the background, another Turkcontemplating a heap of skulls.

A mezzotint by Gole, of Death appearing to a miser,treading on an hour-glass and playing on the violin. Inthe background, a room in which is Death seizing a youngman. The floor is covered with youthful instruments ofrecreation. This subject has been painted by Old Franksand Otho Vaenius., Upright, 9 by 6\. Another mezzotint