Published by J.B. Pogliani & Co., Milan for James Gibson-Craig, 1873
First Edition Signed
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Quarto. Bound in full blind-tooled vellum, gilt title to spine, somewhat darkened, front board bowed; marbled endpapers. First free endpaper with gift inscription "from James T. Gibson Craig". Fine internally. xviii,(1),161pp. Signed by Author(s).
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. *A Signed First Edition* Canonical Histories and Apocryphal Legends relating to the New Testament represented in drawings with a Latin text. A Photo-Lith Reproduction from an Ambrosian Ms. Executed for James Gibson-Craig Esq. by Angelo della Croce. At some stage this book has been re-bound using the original vellum. The joints are lightly cracked but holding very well most of these books are held by academic libraries around the world. This book is signed by James Gibson-Craig 1874. Gilt title to spine with embossed pattern to front and back of book in gilt. A facsimile of the early fifteenth century manuscript at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan. 34.5 X 24 cm A handsome book.