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 4) (London, 1815) [Cicognara, 4650-4]

15S ITALIAN BOOKS. [.Hypnerotomachia,

Friendship. These are, in general, the most gracefully executed em-
bellishments throughout the volume ; and I select a small, but most
interesting, specimen of their beauty:

A more complete specimen will be acknowledged in the succeed-
ing: taken from the recto of o vij. It is given chiefly to shew the style
of the draperies of the female figures; the arehiteetural frame-work
being omitted.


There are several similar compositions in this part of the work;
and those on o viij, and p 3, exhibit such a tasteful combination
of figures and foliage, that the pencil of Flaxman might, without