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 91
mentioned artists, sufficient evidence is given of the greatsuperiority of their woiks over those of their predecessors. Still, to the typographical antiquary and tasteful collector, thepossession of such specimens, as have just been described, must become adesideratum in proportion to the daily… … €^€0i.0(§W. Eatitt l^Mts. 7. BiBLiA Latina Vulgata. Supposed to havebeen printed by Gutenberg, at Mentz, betweenthe years 1450 and 1455. Folio. 2 vols. x iRST Edition of the Bible ; and probably the first work printedwith metal types. It has not been without considerable research thatthis point has…