The Didot Sale.

357 , "Passio Cbristi , " about 1509 , with engravings of Hans Wechtlin , a much rarer book than the contemporary ancl similar "Passions" executed by Hans Scheuffelein and the Master V . G ., fell at the unusually low price of 6301 ( Quaritch ) ; 360 , " Looszbuch , " a curious woodcut volume of figures for the divination of destiny , Strasburg , 1546—3201 ( Quaritch ); 365 Lucas Cranach ' s "Passional Christi und Antichristi" a

, , fine series of woodcuts satirically contrasting the life of Christ and the pomps of the Papacy—4501 ( Labitte ); 377 , Sebastian Brandt ' s " Ship of Fools , " in Latin , with woodcuts , the edition of the March kalends of 1498—5801 ( Fontaine ) . No . 381 was a remarkable curiosity , being a set of 44 drawings of the " Dance of Death , " assigned by many excellent critics to the hand of Holbein himself , ancl with some show of evidence , which , however ,

would not go far to satisfy any severely logical investigation . It fell for 20 , 000 f . to M . Fontaine . 382 , " Simulacres cle la Morte , " Holbien ' s designs in the first edition of Lyons , 1538 , 1 , 7001 ( Labitte ); 393 , " Jac . Phil . Bergomensis de Claris Mulieribus , " the edition of Ferrara , 1497 , which is prized for its fine woodcuts—1 , 5201 ( Fontaine ) . 394 , " Hieronymi Epistolte , " Ferrara , 1497 , with woodcuts—1 , 4001 395 , "Predica dell Arte del Bene Morire" of

Savonarola , with woodcuts , Florence , 1496—1 , 4201 397 , " Meditationes Cardinalis J , cle Turrecremata , " printed at Foligno in 1479 , a rare book , equally remarkable for its typographical beauty and for its woodcuts , which were probably the first productions of Italian art in that branch of engraving —3 , 2501 ( Quaritch ) ; 398 , " Libro de la Ventura , " Milan , 1508 , a vvoodeut book of fortune-telling—7001 ( Quaritch ); 401 , the second Rome edition of Cardinal Turrecremata ' s " Meditations , " mentioned above under No . 397 ,

Ulrioh Hahn , 1478 , with the same woodcuts as had appeared in the first edition of 1467—2 , 4001 ( Ellis ) ; 404 , the first edition of the Aldine Poli philo , Venice , 1499 , with woodcuts from designs attributed to Giovanni Bellini—¦ l ; 820 f . ( Labitte ); 411 , " Transformationi" of Lodovic Dolce , with woodcuts , Venice , 1553 , a large paper copy in old Venetian binding—1 , 6201 ( Quaritch ) ; 420 , " Thesoro de la Passion , " Saragossa , 1494 , a very rare book , believed to be the first with woodcuts which was printed in Spain—20501 ( Quaritch )

, ; 421 , " Terentius , " printed at Lyons in 1493 , with woodcuts—2 , 1001 ( Revanat ); 424 , Holbein ' s Bible prints , the first edition of Lyons , 1538 , with Latin text—1 , 9501 ( Bancel ) ; . 425 , the second edition of 1539—1 , 6201 ' ( Labitte ); 454 , " Josephus , " printed at Lyons in 1566 , with engravings by Woeiriot , unique—2 , 0001 ( Ellis ) ; 464 , "La Danse Macabe , " printed at Paris by Guy Merchant , 1490 with remarkable woodcuts — 51001 ( Labitte ); 465 " La Danse

, , , Macabre , " the edition of Cousteau and Menart , Paris , 1492—5 , 3501 ; 466 , Compost et Kalendrier des Bergers , " Paris , 1493 , with curious woodcuts—5 , 0001 ; 484 , "L'Amour de Cypido et cle Psiche , " Paris , 1546 , a tiny volume with fine copper-plate engravings attributed to Jean Cousin—2 , 2001 ( Morgand ) ; 494 . " Meditations de la Passion , " Paris , 1578 , with woodcuts ; dedication copy to Henry 111 .- 1 , 3001 ( Labitte ) ; 505 , " Sacre de Henry

II ., " 1547 , 1 , 6801 ; 507 , "Entree de Henry II . a Paris , " 1549—1 , 7501 ( Bibliotheque Nationale ) ; 508 , " Spectacles Dresses a Rouen a Henry II ., " 1551—2 , 7001 ( Labitte ) ; 514 , "Entree cle Henry IV . en Rouen , " 1596—1 , 3001 ; 518 , " Entree de la Reyne Mere clans les villes des Pays-Bas , " 1632 —1 , 5201 ; 521 , "Sacre cle Louis XV ., 1722—1 , 1001 The last lot in the catalogue is No . 525 , " Feste delle Nozze del Gran Duca Francesco e della sua Consorte Bianca Capello , " Florence , 1579 , which brought 6901 Thus ended the second Didot sale , after six days of unwearied competition .