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 116
from Mersbourg in Saxony to Lubec. The xxth book ofthe Antiquities ends on the reverse of the 273rd leaf, col. 2, thus: (^Xpiitit fjpjeftoria flauijiOi8^epi)x tie anttqmtate. The Jewish War immediately begins, at top of the first column, on therecto of the ensuing leaf, with the following prefix :… … • It is curious that this group of fighting soldiers is introduced, several times, withinother letters, but in a less perfect and compact form : a practice by no means uncommonwith the early prbters—and which seems to be a conclusive denioustration that the com-ponent parts were formed of wood.…
