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 2) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-2]

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ANCIENT CLASSICS. [Bucolica; Brescia.

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—and ‘ Protenus ’ for ‘ Protinus/ Each Eclogue has a title prefixed ;
and the names of the * Collocutoi’es ’ are designated, in the margin, by
their initials. The impression comprises 12 leaves, upon signature 8;
and a full page has 38 lines. On the reverse of the 12th and last leaf,
we read the conclusion of the Xtli Eclogue, and the whole of ‘ the
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The present very curious and estimable little volume is also in tender
condition. It is in russia binding,