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 632
observe the singular one of Jupiter and Ops, on therecto of fol. vi.—and the representations of the various goddesses, intheir several delinquencies * which ensue. There is frequently a doublestory told in the same cut; and among the most whimsical is that ofJupiter and Europa, on the recto of fol.… … The story of Pyramus and Thisbe is on the recto of the ensuing leaf.The back-ground, consisting of a lion and a fountain, is omitted in * The tale of Jupiter and lo is described with no small singularity. Tlie hundred-eyedAigus is reclining on the ground; and Mercury, dressed in a robe de chainbre,…
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