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(BIBLE IN LATIN.) Sacrosanctus Evangeliorum codex S. Eusebii Magni, episcopi et martyris, manu exaratus, ex autographo Basilicae Vercellensis. Edited by Giovanni Andrea Irico. 4 (of 5?) folding engraved plates with 5 subjects. [8], 63, [1] pages, 629 columns, [1] page; [2] leaves, 630-1248 columns, [2], 118 pages, including half-titles; lacks final blank. 2 parts in one volume. 4to, modern 1/4 mottled sheep gilt; scattered marginal foxing, early owner's marginal verse numbering in ink; uncut. Milan: Giuseppe Bonacini, 1748
first edition of the codex vercellensis, the earliest surviving manuscript of the Old Latin [i. e., pre-Vulgate] Gospels, believed to have been written in the 4th century by St. Eusebius of Vercelli and preserved in the cathedral there.
