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Bouchot, Henri, 1849-1906, Bigmore, E. C. (Edward Clements), 1838?-1899 · London, H. Grevel and co. · leaf 96
is, 1490, folio; Dialogue of Dives and Pauper, THE DANCES OF DEATH. 85 London, Richard Pynson, 1493 ; and many other eccen-tric titles. There came also thousands of complaintcs,a kind of lay in verse or prose ; b/asoiis, light pieces de-scribing this or that thing ; doctrinals, that had nothingto… … Fig. T,Z-—Dance of Death of Guyot Marchant in i486. The Popeand the Emperor. then prevalent, Death taking the great ones of the earth,torturing equally pope, emperor, constable, or minstrel,grimacing before youth, majesty, and love. Longbefore printing appeared, the Dances of Death tookthe lead;…
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