Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Bearb.]: 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]

Verona ; 1479.]

JESOP.

235

The four last specimens, in the two preceding pages, are parts only,
but the material parts, of the subjects treated of. They ai'e not arrang-
ed, as has been before observed, exactly in the numerical order in which
they stand in the original; but are here introduced to suit the conve-
nience of working thern at press. I cannot however help remarking
that the cut attached to the fable * De Fcemina Nubente Furi ’
(Fab. viii.) is full of merit, considering the period of its execution;
and the group of dancing figures upon a hillock, in the back ground,
is prettily conceived and executed. In tlie bottom specimen, at p. 233,
ante, the reader has a notion of the degree of elegance of the border
by which each cut is surrounded. I shall submit but two more speci-
mens, or fac-similes, of nearly equal dimensions with the original;
and whicli may serve to sliew how the same animals are varied in
their representation.

Be Simia et Vuli'e.