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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 58

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INTING. xxlii great merit. The heads of three lambs, or sheep, arebetween the old and the dying man. An angel standsbefore the bed. At bottom, to the right, is a fiend sitting ;with a label near him, on whicli is inscribed, HDuiBfaciam. The text treats of Bona ingpiracio angcli contraauariciam : 30… … The dying man is in his bed, with his mouth opened,and apparently convulsed with appi*ehension; while hisspiiit, in the shape of a child, issues from his mouth. Ahooded friar is stooping and holding a torch beforehim : a group of small angels and women is behind, andabove, the bed. To the left, is…

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