Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . picta 8c arbore i mediu affera: utfacilior exit^ huic opi det. Labor oib9 detrahat 8ciocundu cu laude fructu auditores nostri inde cosequiualeat. VOL. III. 3 d 484 MISCELLANEOUS. [Fenicej 1485, Interrex EquesVir con Rex ReginaVir conEques luterrex aurat9 sularis sularis auratg Colon Faber ScriptorThesaurarig Medic9 Caupo Teolo- nari9 Liisor P V P 4S. P •^ P B X i i. H X i 1 ? ? ? ? r ? ? ? ? ? L_ ? ? ? 1 ? ? T H T D T H T H !mI H ^ H ?^ H 4^ Two very ingenious and elegantly executed wood-cuts e
Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ..library of George John, earl Spencer . picta 8c arbore i mediu affera: utfacilior exit^ huic opi det. Labor oib9 detrahat 8ciocundu cu laude fructu auditores nostri inde cosequiualeat. VOL. III. 3 d 484 MISCELLANEOUS. [Fenicej 1485, Interrex EquesVir con Rex ReginaVir conEques luterrex aurat9 sularis sularis auratg Colon Faber ScriptorThesaurarig Medic9 Caupo Teolo- nari9 Liisor P V P 4S. P •^ P B X i i. H X i 1 ? ? ? ? r ? ? ? ? ? L_ ? ? ? 1 ? ? T H T D T H T H !mI H ^ H ?^ H 4^ Two very ingenious and elegantly executed wood-cuts ensue. Theyare in the outline (similar, in the mode of execution, to the first cut,—on A 3, rev. entitled Apposite dicendi potestas—forgotten to be beforenoticed) and explain the properties relating to Men and Things—thenames of Places—of Virtues, Vices, and Passions—and of diflFerentdegrees of time and action. Then follow, on the last page of thevolume, an embellishment and colophon which here speak for them-selves : Penice; 1485.] PUBLICIUS. 485. Erhardus Ratdolt augustesis ingenio miro 8c arte ppolita im, |pressioniniiiificededit 1485 pridie calen. februarn. Vcnctiis. ^ 486 MISCELLANEOUS. [Nuremberg; 1498. The signatures extend from A to H in eights; but H h has 10 have we given a particular, and it is hoped satisfactory, descrip-tion of this curious, interesting, and uncommon volume. The mannerin which it is executed by the printer, is equal to the singularity of itscontents ; and it is rarely that we see a more elegant specimen of theroman type of Ratdolt. Indeed no type of any printer, whether gothicor roman, can exceed, in neatness of form, or skilfulness of execution,that which the printer of this volume may fairly boast to have pro-duced. My friend, Mr. Heber, possesses a large and beautiful copy ofthis curious book. The present, although cropt and slightly wormed,is clean, sound, and in desirable condition. It was purchased at thesale of the Mer
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