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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 542

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is the secondedition of the work by Wynkyn de Worde, and of rare occurrence.It contains only one print, as far as I can discover —which representsSt. Andrew. As this cut is executed in a style superior to those whichwe see in the volumes of the XVth century, from the presses ofCaxton, W. de Worde,… … This impression is executed in double columns, and contains .cc.leaves, the numerals being printed. On the reverse of the 200th andlast leaf, we read the colophon, thus : finittt ct completfi m U^eftinonaftcrio %nm hm* ^. act. I^ona^efimonono ^flegifttum quatentozf.…

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