Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures of Althorp : the residence of George John Earl Spencer to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . ollection at the order of the arrangement of the books, this Library con-tains a very choice collection oi Poetry and County History; mostof the latter class being upon large paper. To the left, on quit-ting it, is hung up a curious old hunting horn,-f- of ivory, of theexecution of the xvith century, and of foreign workmanship ;presented to his Lordship by George Ashby, Esq. of Hasel-beach, in Nor
Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures of Althorp : the residence of George John Earl Spencer to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . ollection at the order of the arrangement of the books, this Library con-tains a very choice collection oi Poetry and County History; mostof the latter class being upon large paper. To the left, on quit-ting it, is hung up a curious old hunting horn,-f- of ivory, of theexecution of the xvith century, and of foreign workmanship ;presented to his Lordship by George Ashby, Esq. of Hasel-beach, in Northamptonshire. * For some other subordinate notices, connected with it, see the Biblwgra-graphical Decameron, vol. iii. p. 389. t In the Althorp Library is a very fine, but not quite complete, copy oi thatrare and most singular book, entitled, /4n /Iccadimie of Armory, &c. By HandleHolme, [1688] Folio . . l)oiiig a sort of Encyclopiedia, in its way. In theIII Book of this work, arc instructions for blowing a horn, which, foraught I know to the contrary, might have been put into practice by the aboveiiistniment; for surely it seems calculated, in every respect, to do justice to. .£tatis Sua? 1Lom an OeI^IculL ]asJja« lay Sir Aiti*rp. THE LIBRARY. 25 From this room you go immediately into THE BILLIARD LIBRARY. This room is so called, from a billiard table being placed in themiddle. This library is lighted by three large windows, of whichthe centre is made to be raised up, with small folding doorsbelow, through which you walk into the park. This room con-tains, in the order of arrangement, a fine collection of Historyon one side, with the continuation of Poetrij, on the this room has other attractions, which cannot fail to delighta lover of the fine arts. Here are two of the finest specimensof the pencil of Sir Joshua Reynolds, which this mansion con-tains. They are the portraits of the present MarchionessCamden and Viscount Althorp—the latter when four ye
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