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 335
De Simia et Vulpe. 236 ANCIENT CLASSICS. [Fab Lat. et Ital. We now come to the last fac-simile; full of spirit and expression.It may serve to shew the fniitfulness of the original subject, which,for nearly three centuries and a half, has equally employed the wit ofthe commentator to explain, and of… … De Lupo et Vulpe. The LXVIth, and last fable in the Volume, presents us with a terrificwood-cut of the Countryman and Pluto; the latter of whom is re-presented, in a very ungracious manner, as a fiend with horns, claws,and out-stretched wings; and better suited as a companion to thedemons in the…