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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ANCIENT CLASSICS. \_Fab Lat. et Ital

We now come to the last fac-simile; full of spirit and expression.
It may serve to shew the fruitfulness of the original subject, which,
for nearly three centuries and a half, has equally employed the wit of
the commentator to explain, and of the artist to illustrate. Modern
refinement has seldom produced much more vigorous delineations of
animals, in the outline, than the ensuing;

De Lupo et Vulpe.

The LXVIth, and last fable in the Volume, presents us with a terrific
wood-cut of the ‘ Countryman and Plutothe latter of whom is re-
presented, in a very ungracious manner, as a fiend with horns, claws,
and out-stretched wings; and better suited as a companion to the
demons in the Ars Moriendi : vide ante.