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 438
this last leaf is blank. The type of this edition is precisely similar to that of the SpeculumChristiani ; and therefore wanants us in concluding that the book wasprinted by W. de Machlinia. The copy before us, however, is full ofblotches, from the unskilfulness of the press-work. This singular… … Books ^rintelr ftp Wlpnhpn tie Worlie. 900. ScALA Perfectionis. Printed in 1494. Folio. This is probably the second book executed by W. de Worde; theFestival of 1493 being considered the first. There is an extended accountof this impression in the Typog. Antiq.* vol. ii. p. 36, 40; but thataccount…
