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 272
most strikingembellishments in this Chronicle. On the recto of cxl is the City andGreat Tower of Strasbourg, sufficiently rude. On the reverse of fol.CLXix is the much-talked of portrait of Pope Joan; which, as well asthe annexed printed account of her, is said to be usually defaced * bya pen or… … • Baker, in one of his letters to Hearne, says—« In all the copies, Pope Joan standsVOL, III. M M 266 MISCELLANEOUS. [KobergeTj Folios CLXXxiii (reverse) and clxxxiiii (recto) are occupied by animmense cut of the Emperor of Germany, the Seven Electors, withPrinces and Counts of the Empire…
