Acta Apostolorum, circa 1400 : facsimile reproduction : forty-two [sic] plates.

Format
Book
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
[London?] : [publisher not identified], 1840.
Description
[1] leaf, [45] pages of plates : all facsimiles ; 28 cm

Copies in the Library

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  • Princeton copy 1

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    Notes
    • Actually a total of 44 plates.
    • "Fifty copies printed for private circulation."
    • Princeton copy 1 "The title page opposite & the label outside are forgeries. This book consists of odd proofs from 'Canonical histories & apocryphal legends relating to the New Testament a photo-lith reproduction from an Ambrosian MS executed for James Gibson-Craig Esq. by Angelo della Croce with preface and notes by the Revd A.M Ceriani, C.O. Librarian of the Ambrosian Library. Privately printed. Milan 1873.' S.C. Cockerell, Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, Jan 21, 1910." --Smith College Library copy.
    Binding note
    Princeton copy 1 Quarter red morocco and brown boards; printed label on front.
    Provenance
    Princeton copy 1 Bookplate of Charles Value Chapin.
    Other title(s)
    • Bible. Apocrypha. 1873.
    • Bible. Gospels. Manuscripts, Latin. 1873.
    • Canonical histories and apocryphal legends relating to the New Testament.
    At head of title
    • Block book
    OCLC
    27422442
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