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 183
A more complete specimen will be acknowledged in the succeed-ing : taken from the recto of o vij. It is given chiefly to shew the styleof the draperies of the female figures; the architectural frame-workbeing omitted. … There are several similar compositions in this part of the work;and those on o viij, and p i, exhibit such a tasteful combinationof figures and foliage, that the pencil of Flaxman might, without Fenice; 1499.] POLIPHILO. 159 reproach to its director, be consideied as its parent.* We nowapproach…
