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 62
* 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 … is jocular upon those, who imagme such works to be of no value, from the rudeness oftheir aspect. The Abbe Rive has also noticed the singular good fortune of Chevillier inbuying tliis book for 4 livres, which was worth 1500. His note is worth consulting; al-though his account of the Block Books…
