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 344
ileof the portrait of the author himself. Accordingly the ensuing one—which also represents Sir Topas—may be considered the earliestengraving extant of Chaucer : • The folJowiDg six lines are not in the previous edition :Perauenture an heepe of you y wj-sWyl holden hym a lewd man in thysThat he wyl… … There are three seta of signatures; each having 8 leaves to the set—except as follows. First, a to v in eights; v having only 6 : next, aa toii in eights, ii having but 6. Lastly, A to K in eights, inclusively. Ithas been before observed that the copy under description is imperfect.Indeed it is…
