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 634
Arachne, and her transformation into a spider, is the next subjectrepresented. It is singularly simple and ludicrous. Nor is the follow-ing representation of Hercules and lole, of which only a part is hereexhibited, of a less whimsical character. See fol. xxiij. bctrulcs … 584 ADDITIONS AND EMENDATIONS. There is more spirit and effect about the representation of Herculesand Dejanira. The figure on horseback is intended for that of theCentaur Nessus.
