The Dance of Death: Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans HolbeinDouce, Francis
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The Dance of Death: Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein
Douce, Francis
Bible. Old Testament -- Illustrations; Dance of death
No. II. "Ordinarium beate Marie Virginis ad usum Cisterciensem impressum
est caracteribus optimis una cum expensis honesti viri Symonis Vostre
commorantis Parisiis in vico novo Dive Marie in intersignio Sancti Joannis
Evangeliste, 1497," 12mo. This beautiful book is on vellum, with the same
Danse Macabre as in the preceding, but the other cuts are different.
No. III. "Hore presentes ad usum Sarum impresse fuerunt Parisiis per
Philippum Pigouchet Anno Salutis MCCCCXCVIII die vero xvi Maii pro Symone
Vostre librario commorante, &c." 8vo. as above.
Another beautiful volume on vellum, with the same Danse Macabre. He
printed a similar volume of the same date, for the use of Rome, also on
vellum.
A volume of prayers, in 8vo. mentioned by M. Peignot, p. 145, after M.
Raymond, but the title is not given. It is supposed to be anterior to
1500, and seems to contain the same personages in its Danse Macabre, as in
the preceding volumes printed by Simon Vostre.
No. IV. "Heures à l'usage de Soissons." Printed by Simon Vostre, on
vellum, 1502, 8vo. With the same Danse Macabre.
No. V. "Heures à l'usage de Rheims, nouvellement imprimées avec belles
histoires, pour Simon Vostre," 1502, 8vo. This is mentioned by M. Peignot,
on the authority of Papillon. It was reprinted 1513, 8vo. and has the same
cuts as above.
No. VI. "Heures à l'usage de Rome. Printed for Simon Vostre by Phil.
Pigouchet," 1502, large 8vo. on vellum. With the same Danse Macabre. This
truly magnificent volume, superior to all the preceding by the same
printer in beauty of type and marginal decoration, differs from them in
having stanzas at the bottom of each page of the Dance, but which apply
to the figure at the top only. They are here given.
POPE.
Vous qui vivez certainement
Quoy qu'il tarde ainsi danserez
Mais quand Dieu le scet seulement
Avisez comme vous ferez
Dam Pape vous commencerez
Comme le plus digne Seigneur
En ce point honorire serez
Au grant maistre est deu l'honneur.
KING.
Mais maintenant toute haultesse
Laisserez vous nestes pas seul
Peu aurez de votre richesse
Le plus riche n'a qung linseul
Venez noble Roy couronne
Renomme de force et prouesse
Jadis fustez environne
De grans pompes de grant noblesse.
ARCHBISHOP.
Que vous tirez la teste arriere
Archevesque tirez vous près,
Avez vous peur qu'on ne vous fiere
Ne doubtez vous viendres après
N'est pas tousjours la mort empres
Tout homme suyvant coste a coste
Rendre comment debtez et pres
Une foys fault coustera loste.
SQUIRE.
Il n'est rien que ne preigne cours
Dansez et pensez de suyr
Vous ne povez avoir secours
Il n'est qui mort puisse fuyr
Avencez vous gent escuyer
Qui scavez de danser les tours
Lance porties et escuz hyer
Aujourdhuy finerez voz jours.
ASTROLOGER.
Maistre pour vostre regarder
En hault ne pour vostre clergie
Ne pouvez la mort retarder
Ci ne vault rien astrologie
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