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 218
ere, although tardy. Blasphemy, in piercing the crucifiedSaviour, is represented in the ensuing leaf; but we hasten to lessunpleasant subjects, and introduce one, which, for delicacy, truth,and force, is equalled by very few in the volume. The prefix to it isthus: arch; 14970 BRANT. 211 De vana spe… … Fol. CIV, reverse. This is probably among the ablest, as well as the earliest, specimensextant which may be said to illustrate that once popular subject, theDance of Death. On the reverse of fol. cv, is a very singular and expres-sive cut, illustrative of the breaking of the Sabbath day. The verses…
