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]

xxxii WORKS EXECUTED IN [Antichrist.

top of the recto of tlie first leaf, with a cut of Jacob on his death bed,
addressing his children * Jacob sag seineinsun Dan Was im Kinstig,’ &c.
The c Seeliing in Marriage’ of Antichrist is wanting. The cut below,
of the Conception of Antichrist, is, in this copy, torn away. The re-
maining cuts are, with the exception of the last five, divided into two
compartments, and are all uniformly printed on the rectos of the several
leaves. The second cut, of the Birth of Antichrist, and of the death of
his mother during parturition, is a very extraordinary one. Heinecken
has correctly described the ensuing 42 cuts, and has given fac-similes,
but very imperfeetly, upon a small scale, of the 7th and Sth cuts.

The top of the 36th cut is translated below. * The following is a
fac-simile of part of it, shewing Antichrist and his attendant spirit;
which latter, in some shape or other, of diminutive size, is usually
made to accompany him.

* * Antichrist liateth the Prophets. Elias and Enoch are put to death at Jerusalem,
and lie there three days and a lialf unburied, because no one would bury them.*