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 61
or cut; and whatever may be the opinion of bibliographers tothe contrary, they form the okigin of signatures. If we assign to this production the date of 1450, the compositionand execution of the cuts contained in it will not be considered so* lourd et gothiques as Heinecken is pleased to call… … * Hist, de Ilmprim. p. 281 : mentioned also in the Bibliomania, p. 709. t Jntrod. ad Hiit. Littrar. De Pracip. Biblioth. Paris. 1721, 8vo. p. 122-3. Maichelins Pauperwn.] THE INFANCY OF PRINTING. xxvu
