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A miscellaneous collection of volumes on the Dance of Death, Occultism & Monsters, including: Il Terzo Novissimo ossia l’Inferno in terza rima d’un Italiano, engraved frontispiece, some dampstaining, original paper wrappers, spotted and chipped, spine repaired, Italy, 1826; La Grande Danse Macabre Des Hommes et Des Femmes, illustrated title, repair to title inner margin, text illustrations, slight offsetting, later printed boards, red morocco labels, original wrapper preserved, Paris, Baillieu, [1862]; Dufour (Valentin) La Dance Macabre Des SS. Innocents De Paris, after the 1484 edition, limited edition, number 171 of 350 copies, 15 text illustrations, bookplate of Emmy Destinn, contemporary red morocco, gilt corner and centre devices on boards, t.e.g., rubbed, original front wrapper bound in, Paris, L. Willem & P. Daffis, 1874; Martin (Ernest) Histoire des Monstres depuis l’antiquité jusqu’à nos jours, some spotting, original paper wrappers, C. Reinwald, Paris, 1880; Gibier (Paul) Le Spiritisme (Fakirisme Occidental) etùde historique, critique et experimentale, Henry Durville, Paris, [1891]; with 3 other works of related interest, v.s. (8)