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Rilegato. Condition: molto buono. prima edizione. Hardcover. [2], xvi, 22 p.; 3 umber collotype pl.: Matt. 1.18, 10.27-35, Lord's Prayer, as repeated at end of Mark; 39 cm. Elephant folio [title continues] circa septimum vel octavum saeculum scriptus, in ecclesia cathedrali Lichfeldiense servatus. Cum codice versionis vulgatae Amiatino contulit, prolegomena conscripsit, F. H. A. Scrivener. -- Prints the variations of the 7th or 8th century Codex L (ascribed to St. Chad, brought from Llandaff to Lichfield Cathedral in the 10th century) from Codex Amiatinus (late 7th century, the oldest extant ms. of the Latin Vulgate) - and not the full Latin text - as far as Luke, 3.9 (a second volume of the gospels has been lost) -- The introduction is in English, and the large, slender volume, in uncirculated condition, is a fine production of the Cambridge University Press. Near fine orig. ivory paper-vellum under sage boards, in wrapper.