Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Oth.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 1) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-1]

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PREFACE.

Re viczky. But since the acquisition of
that Collection, many rare and valuable im-
pressions of Classical Authors have been
obtained; and many copies, once the pro-
perty of the Count, have been exchanged
for others of which the condition was more
desirable.

The greater Portion of his Lordship’s
Library, is deposited at Althorp ;* in a
suite of apartments which contain not
fewer than forty-five thousand volumes.
The choice, condition, and splendour of
the entire Collection, are probably un-
rivalled. The Public will therefore expect
that an attempt to make them acquainted
with some of the Principal Treasures of
such a Collection, should be particular and
exact. Such indeed are the objects of the
present work; which is exclusively con-
fined to an account of books printed in

THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, and tO SOme of

* Althorp Park, Northamptonshire: the residenee of
Earl Spencer’s Ancestors for tlie last three centuries.