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 . The last wood-cut, upon this subject, describes comet on prat lesaloes au feu a la cloche et aussy au resol. The limits of this articleforbid the insertion of the text, descriptive of this method of catchingthe aloe, but the graphic illustration of it is perhaps too curious to MISCELLANEOUS. 213 The concluding three pages are devoted to the moralisation ofQueen Racio respecting Birds, adorned
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 . The last wood-cut, upon this subject, describes comet on prat lesaloes au feu a la cloche et aussy au resol. The limits of this articleforbid the insertion of the text, descriptive of this method of catchingthe aloe, but the graphic illustration of it is perhaps too curious to MISCELLANEOUS. 213 The concluding three pages are devoted to the moralisation ofQueen Racio respecting Birds, adorned by a wood-cut of her majestysitting with a sceptre in her hand, and three figures before her. Thecoloplion is on the reverse of n v, thus: €p ftnift ce prrc^cnt Jiure intitule \t \van tie motiuje? ettie la ropne ratio ^trnjirime a cfjamtierp par antfjomenepret Ian tie grace mil quatre cen^e? octanre et ^ix, \t ,xx*iour tie octoBre* A large wood-cut, of the Ahnighty, with angels, &c. above, and thetown and arms of Chamberi below, conclude the volume on the rectoof n vj. The signatures, to m and n, are in eights: m and n are insixes. The present very sound and desirable copy, in old red moroccobinding, was obtained at the sale of the Mac Carthy library. 1194. MoRTE dArthur. Printed hy Caxton,1483. Folio. By the aid of the incomparable skill of Mr. Whittaker, (who hassupplied eleven leaves from the well known perfect copy in the Osterleylibrary) the present volume h
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