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 229
222 MISCELLANEOUS. [Mentz ; 1486. The forepart of this extensive and spiritedly executed cut, is occupiedby a large expanse of sea; a small piece of land is however in thecorner, on the right. The vessels, which appear sailing, are few andunimportant; if we except the one of which the following is… … Mentz; I486.] BREYDENBACH. 223 It is the largest vessel delineated throughout the work : and may giveus a notion of the degree of perfection, or otherwise, to which the artof Ship-Building had then attained. The horizon is marked by theocean; but the intermediate or middle-ground is filled by…
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