I. The frontispiece is a design for the sheath of a dagger, probably made by Holbein for the use of a goldsmith or chaser. The original drawing is in the public library at Basle. See some remarks on it in p. 133. II. These circular engravings by Israel Van Meckenen are mentioned in p. 160. III. Copy of an ancient drawing, 1454, of Death and the Beggar. See p. 223. IV. Figures of Death and the Lady, sculptured on a monument of the Delawars, in Boxgrove church, Sussex. See p. 226. V. A fac-simile of one of the cuts to a very early edition, printed without date at Troyes by Nicolas le Rouge. It represents the story of the trois morts et trois vifs, and the vision of Saint Macarius. See pp. 33, 34, and 59. VI. A fac-simile of another cut from the edition of a Danse Macabre, mentioned in No. V. |