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accompanied by nearly one hundred good engravings by Jost 

 Ammon, to each of which are attached eight Latin verses by 

 Franciscus Modius, of Bruges."^ The second is an elaborate 

 work in small 4to., representing the female dresses of all 

 European nations.^ It contains one hundred and twenty wood 

 cuts by Jost Ammon, each accompanied by eight Latin verses 

 written by Franciscus Modius. * From these the following is 

 selected : — 



" When 'erst Praxiteles the unattired 



Goddess of Love in marble wished to trace, 

 Each Stale of Greece a beauteous damsel sent ; 



And thus the artist drew from each a grace. 

 But would he the same Venus now present 



Attired — he to his marble must impart 

 A British dame's drap'd form ; and so, the prize 



Of Beauty she will bear, — and he of Art."* 



The third publication by Feyerabend, to which we have 

 alluded, is a small 8vo. volume, containing beautiful wood 

 engravings of every trade and profession, by Jost Ammon ; to 



* Cleri totius Romanse Ecclesise subjecti &c. Francof : 15S5. 



+ Gynoeceum, sive Theatrum mulierum, in quo precipuarum omnium, &c., habitus 

 videre est, figuris expresses a Jodoco Amano, addilis octostichis Francisci Modii 

 Brug. Frankfort, 1586. 



The same work was published with German verses. 



t " F^MINA NOBILIS ANGLA SIVE BRITANNICA. 



" Praxiteles Venerem, ut nata est, cum pingere vellet, 

 Misit ei pulchras Grtecia tota sua:<> ; 

 De quibus eximias, posita sed veste — puellas, 



Exempla ad clariim stare coegit opus. 

 Nee male — vcstitam Venerem at nunc si quis amabit 



Praxiteles recta ducere posse manu, 

 Matrouffi artifici studio expriinat ora Britanuse — 

 Cernere quee est, voti el credite victor erit." 



Y. 2 

 The character here given of female beauty in England at that time is sustained in 

 the Habiii antichi e moderni di Cesare Vecellio. Venetia, lfi90. 8vo. "Sono le 

 " donzelle Inglese pro ordinario belle, gratiose, attrattive, et nel pratticare affabilo c 

 " modeste." In this very curious work, the wood cuts by Cesare Vecellio were de- 

 signed by his brother the " great Titian," and are accompanied with explanations in 

 Latin and Italian prose. 



A set of exquisite etchings of English female dresses, 26 in number, were produced 

 by Hollar, in 1640, sm. 4to.; and this was followed by the publication, three years 

 ofter, of his Theatrum mulierum, comprehending the dresses of European females 

 gf-neraTIy. 



