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Identifier: bibliothecaspenc01spen (find matches)
Title: Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ... library of George John, earl Spencer
Year: 1814 (1810s)
Authors: Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847 John Rylands Library
Subjects: Althorp (Northampton, Northamptonshire) Incunabula Rare books Printing
Publisher: London
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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John turning round to the angel, in avery natural manner, with an expressive countenance. XIV. dBt leuamtam, &c. Two compartments. The bottomrepresents Enoch and Elias standing before two men,who have drawn swords; one man is sitting, the other isstanding by the side of him. XV. I^ic aetiet anticbristiwr, &c. The top compartment showsAntichrist sitting on his throne, about to receive the VOL. I. c X WORKS EXECUTED IN l^pocalypse, homage of his w orshippers; ia the lower compartmenthe is dethroned. Impression XVI. anficlue abaUon/ &c. Two compartments: very curiousindeed. Winged horses with the heads of men, above. XVII. • ©er geptimum anuelum. Two compartments. Below is ^etnplum Bei* XVIII. ffit iatebunt cotpow. The beheading of men in the upperand lower compartments. XIX. jRJunc facta est 0alu0, &c. This inscription is within asquare fi-ame, between two angels. In the lower com-partment St. Michael is thus represented, slaying thedragon. The figure has great merit.
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Apocalypse.-) THE INFANCY OF PRINTING. xi Impression XX. • ffit ecce Btaco, &c. The virgin and child, \vith thefeet of the former touching a half moon. Below, thedragon is being destroyed. XXI. Date 0unt, &c. Two compartments. Four angels andthe dragon. XXII. * 3ltatU0 tat Braco, &c. Two compartments. Below, theseven-headed dragon retreats from St. John. XXIII. * 2Draco eot Bjabolue, &c. Two dragons in the upper,one in the lower, compartment. XXIV. ©er ;)anc be0tiam. The same, in effect. Armed men,below, trampled upon by the seven-headed dragon. XXV. • Ct uxiii aliam bestiam, Two compartments. Below, anold man is suffering decapitation. To the right, an infernalidol looks upon five men worshipping the diagon. XXVI. • Ct facict omne0, &c. In the upper compartment, to theright of five men, before the same infernal idol, is th«following very characteristic group.

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