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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 633

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nd, 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, is leadinglo from Jupiter. A vessel is in the background, with the device of a… … The well-remembered tale of the daughters of Danaus, King ofArgos, destroying their husbands the first night of their nuptials, withthe exception of Hypermnestra, who saved her husband (Lynceus orLinus) is thus frightfully delineated.

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