Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ... library of George John, earl Spencer (1814)
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847, John Rylands Library · London · leaf 195
102 THEOLOGY. {Pfister ; The ensuing cut is singiilarly grotesque and ridiculous, in regard toperspective and proportion. It may be necessary to state that itrepresents the translation of Elijah, who is in the act of throwing hiimantle upon Elisha. ^rimgtttttnMtm^ … The date of 1462 is assigned to this volume, from its similarity, inregard to subject and execution, to the one last described. Heineckenthought the work might have been executed in 1461 ; and althoughhe was ignorant of the preceding production of Pfisters press, hehas correctly attributed the…
