Text appears to be a facsimile of the 1885 publication translated by John Wycliffe and printed in London by the Unwin Brothers. --LaSalle University Digital Commons. Facsimile manuscript in black ink with title page in black and red ink; Initial letters are historiated, facsimile illustrations and illustrated decorative borders throughout. Bound in black leather, possibly morocco; black and red ribbon bookmark; two small brass clasp closures, gilt cross on front cover with gilt border and decorations on spine. Library copy inscribed with "Charlotte M. Smith" on last page. IaU
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LaSalle University Digital Commons Biblia Pauperum. ""The Bible of the Poor." A 19th century homage to block book printed picture Bibles of the Middle Ages. The "Biblia Pauperum" was intended to portray the books of the Bible primarily through illustration.This edition was printed for America by Unwin Brothers, of London, England. The printer's note remarks that the woodcuts in this work are "German, possibly from Nuremberg, of the 15th century. They have not been found in any other text of the period and are published for the first time here." It was later found that the series of woodcuts had been forged and they were actually reproductions." http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/miracles_iconography/2/
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1020179298
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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