Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, K.G. To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana (1822) (14775590231)

Identifier: aedesalthorpiana02spen (find matches)
Title: Aedes Althorpianae; or, Account of the mansion, books, and pictures, at Althorp; the residence of George John, earl Spencer, K.G. To which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana
Year: 1822 (1820s)
Authors: Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834 Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847
Subjects: Althorp (Northampton, Northamptonshire) Rare books Incunabula
Publisher: London : Printed by W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press (etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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MISCELLANEOUS. 209 One of the most curious of these bizarre ornaments, is a party ofladies and gentlemen going out a hawking, grouped and executed, itmust be confessed, in a manner somewhat different from the charmingrepresentations of the same subject by the pencil of Wouvermanns. Itoccurs first on sign, h vij, but is repeated more than once.
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