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 266
We now begin to enter a wilderness, as it were, of embellishmentsof almost every description. Patriarchs (with spectacles on nose,)Martyrs, Learned Men, Cities, and fenced Towers, surround us on allsides. From such a motley group I can select only what appears tobe the most curious and…
