The Golden Gospels of Echternach, Codex Aureus Epternacensis.
NY: Frederick Praeger,, (1957). Text based on the German by Dr. Peter Metz. Thirteen plates in colour and gold, ninety-six monochrome plates. First American edition. Folio. 96 pp. "This celebrated manuscript of the Four Gospels is among the most important and beautiful surviving from the early period of the Holy Roman Empire." Gilt-stamped decorated burgundy buckram, color illustrated dust jacket, gilt printed publisher's acetate protector, publisher's slipcase (several edges with short cracks); cloth faintly spotted, else fine. (Item ID: 46801)
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