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 54
wn. An upright angel to the right; a quadrupedicalfiend retreating; and the hinder legs of one creepingunder the bed. The text begins with ^ona inj?piratioanccli contra Desperacionem: 28 lines. V. This cut is an exemplification of Impatience on a deathbed; and the following figure is no unnatural… … Below him is a table overturned; and to the left, is awoman coming to offer food, and about to retreat as ifastonished. A man is retreating above the bed, and awoman is looking compassionately down upon the figurein bed. The fiends, or devils, here seem to be triumphant:besides the hideous figure…
