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
A copy of this edition, now in the library of the British Museum, was
presented to Prince Edward by Dr. William Bill, accompanied with a Latin
dedication, dated from Cambridge, 19 July, 1546, wherein he recommends the
prince's attention to the figures in the book, in order to remind him that
all must die to obtain immortality; and enlarges on the necessity of
living well. He concludes with a wish that the Lord will long and happily
preserve his life, and that he may finally reign to all eternity with his
_most Christian father_. Bill was appointed one of the King's chaplains in
ordinary, 1551, and was made the first Dean of Westminster in the reign of
Elizabeth.
IV. "Imagines Mortis. Duodecim imaginibus præter priores, totidemque
inscriptionibus præter epigrammata è Gallicis à Georgio Æmylio in Latinum
versa, cumulatæ. Quæ his addita sunt, sequens pagina commonstrabit.
Lugduni sub scuto Coloniensi, 1547." With the device of the crab and
butterfly. At the end, "Excudebat Joannes Frellonius, 1547," 12mo. This
edition has twelve more cuts than those of 1538 and 1542, and eleven more
than that of 1545, being, the soldier, the gamblers, the drunkards, the
fool, the robber, the blind man, the wine carrier, and four of boys. In
all fifty-three. Five of the additional cuts have a single line only in
the frames, whilst the others have a double one. All are nearly equal in
merit to those which first appeared in 1538.
V. "Icones Mortis, Duodecim imaginibus præter priores, totidemque
inscriptionibus, præter epigrammata è Gallicis à Georgio Æmylio in Latinum
versa, cumulatæ. Quæ his addita sunt, sequens pagina commonstrabit,
Lugduni sub scuto Coloniensi, 1547." 12mo. At the end, Excudebat Johannes
Frellonius, 1547. This edition contains fifty-three cuts, and is precisely
similar to the one described immediately before, except that it is
entitled _Icones_, instead of _Imagines_ Mortis.
VI. "Les Images de la Mort. Auxquelles sont adjoustées douze figures.
Davantage, la medecine de l'ame, la consolation des malades, un sermon de
mortalité, par Sainct Cyprian, un sermon de patience, par Sainct Jehan
Chrysostome. A Lyon. A l'escu de Cologne, chez Jehan Frellon, 1547." With
the device of the crab and butterfly. At the end, "Imprimé a Lyon à l'escu
de Coloigne, par Jehan Frellon, 1547. 12mo." The verses at bottom of the
cuts the same as in the edition of 1538, with similar ones for the
additional. In all, fifty-three cuts.
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