Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . ffauoir ht^cerf5 tie^ Biclje^ tie^ ^anglier^ tie tf^mtmxtie^ loup^ 1 ^miUahitmtt tie touted aultre? hc^t0 ^auuaije^ et la feffon et mamere tie le^ prantire &c. &c. Some French verses, in double columns, succeed; concluding witha table, on the recto of the third leaf—having a cut of the crucifixionand another of the descent of the Holy Spirit. On the recto of thefollowing leaf, sign, a i, the text begins b
Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . ffauoir ht^cerf5 tie^ Biclje^ tie^ ^anglier^ tie tf^mtmxtie^ loup^ 1 ^miUahitmtt tie touted aultre? hc^t0 ^auuaije^ et la feffon et mamere tie le^ prantire &c. &c. Some French verses, in double columns, succeed; concluding witha table, on the recto of the third leaf—having a cut of the crucifixionand another of the descent of the Holy Spirit. On the recto of thefollowing leaf, sign, a i, the text begins beneath a wood-cut of KingModus teaching his disciples the arts of the chase. It is entitled Comment modus donne doctrine a ses aprentis, and the whole work C MISCELLANEOUS. 205 consists of questions and answers, in which latter the whole system ofcatching birds and beasts is developed. The text is executed in a stout,taU gothic letter, having very much the air of a book of provincialprinting. In the style of art pervading the cuts, we discover somethingof the rude Caxtonian manner: Compare the ensuing—entitled Lachace du cheureul a prandre a force, on the recto of c iij—. with the huntsman on horseback in ^sops Fables, 1484, as given inthe Typog Antlq. vol. i. p. 215. The cut of a similar subject, on therecto of c ilij, presents us with a huntsman not very unlike some repre-sentations which have been made of Death on the White Horse. The mode of shooting a Hare, both from the instructions and thegraphical illustration, will cause the reader to smile : Et adoncquesquant il les voit il se tappit au ble et luy est aduis quil est bien mucieAdoncques alles tout en tour en tenant en la senestre partie vostre arctendu et la saiecte en corde et quant vous viedres pres de luy faictes leslieure aux leuriers passer oultre et aprocher en tenant vostre arc sansarreste vostre cheual. Et sachies que puis quil aura veu les leuriers il 206 MISCELLANEOUS. attendrale trait de si pres comme
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