Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . * Hist, de Ilmprim. p. 281 : mentioned also in the Bibliomania, p. 709. t Jntrod. ad Hiit. Littrar. De Pracip. Biblioth. Paris. 1721, 8vo. p. 122-3. Maichelins Pauperwn.] THE INFANCY OF PRINTING. xxvu. is jocular upon those, who imagme such works to be of no value, from the rudeness oftheir aspect. The Abbe Rive has also noticed the singular good fortune of Chevillier inbuying tliis book for 4 livres, which was worth 1500. His note is worth consulting; al-though his account of the Block Books i
Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . * Hist, de Ilmprim. p. 281 : mentioned also in the Bibliomania, p. 709. t Jntrod. ad Hiit. Littrar. De Pracip. Biblioth. Paris. 1721, 8vo. p. 122-3. Maichelins Pauperwn.] THE INFANCY OF PRINTING. xxvu. is jocular upon those, who imagme such works to be of no value, from the rudeness oftheir aspect. The Abbe Rive has also noticed the singular good fortune of Chevillier inbuying tliis book for 4 livres, which was worth 1500. His note is worth consulting; al-though his account of the Block Books i;> exceedingly desultory and confused. He supposes,on the authority of his Master, tliat Julian Macho and Peter Farget, friars of the order ofSt. Austin, were the authors of the Speculum Humanae Salvatioius La Chasse aiu Bib-liographes; p. 309, 315. XXVUl WORKS EXECUTED IN [Biblia
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