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 62
it, beneath which is acoiled rope. To the right, a man in armour is seated, holding the ropethat it should not escape too rapidly. To the left, a man is pullingdown, by means of a rope, (which runs below upon a cog wheel) asharp projecting instrument of defence. Both these figures are wellexecuted.… … We now come to offensive weapons in the shape of cannon, mor-tars, and bombs ; but the whole is preceded by an elegantly designedfigure sliooting at an aperture in a tower, with a cross bow, thus : i
