Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . iii. lib. vii. p. 383, edit. 1734) was written in Latin in the year1287. A French MS. version, on the authority of Lydgates prologueto his poem of the Troye Book, existed soon after the year 1300. Itwas quickly translated into other languages ; and the annals of printingin the XVth century supply us with three Dutch, two German, eightFrench, and two Italian, editions. At the beginning of the XV^Ithcentury appeared two Spanish translations, by Petro Nunnez Delgado,in 1512-19, folio. Typographica
Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . iii. lib. vii. p. 383, edit. 1734) was written in Latin in the year1287. A French MS. version, on the authority of Lydgates prologueto his poem of the Troye Book, existed soon after the year 1300. Itwas quickly translated into other languages ; and the annals of printingin the XVth century supply us with three Dutch, two German, eightFrench, and two Italian, editions. At the beginning of the XV^Ithcentury appeared two Spanish translations, by Petro Nunnez Delgado,in 1512-19, folio. Typographical Antiquities, vol. i. p. 10. Panzer refersonly to Maittaire and Schwarz. Annul. Typog. vol. i. p. 281. Thisis a soUed but sound copy; in dark calf binding, with gilt leaves. 710. GuiDo De Monte Rocherii. ManipulusCuratorUM. Printed hy Felix 1493. Quarto. The first page of this very elegant impression, of one of the mostpopular works at the close of the XVth century, presents us with thefollowing tasteful title: Paris; 1493.] GUIDO DE MONTE ROCHERII. i^anipulus curatorum* 347. .^mummmm- The reverse is blank. A more particular title, with the prefatoryepistle of the author, begins on the recto of the ensuing leaf, a 2. Thefolios are regularly numbered as far as fol. xc — when, on the com-mencement of a table, of only 4 pages, they cease to be so the recto of this last leaf, n iv, we have the ensuing colophon : C €deBemmi bin tiomini (jBiuitioniief tie niontc roctjerijliiier qui fll^anijmJujSf curatorum inifcrifiitut: tjnacum tabula eiuiaftiem ffnit feliciter* Cjcaratufqj f elicetn balUgault tx hit. jcbiij* Slunij* ^,€€€€. xm. The reader may consult our Typographical Jntiquities, vol. ii. p. 99, tosee how popular this work formerly was in our own country. Thepresent copy is in dark calf binding; and was deposited in thislibrary by the kindness of my friend the Reverend Mr. MNeille. 348 MISCELLANEOUS. [Feldener, 711. HisTORiA
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