Incunabula
Incunabula

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One of the great 'might have beens' of Anglo-Saxon scholarship: this was intended as the 29th & last volume of Rosenkilde & Bagger's great series Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile, but was never issued. It was replaced by a different Vol XXIX, Part II of the Codex Aureus. 1/
I recently came across the original prospectus for Rosenkilde & Bagger's incomparable Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile series - it's not otherwise digitized or online, so I am including all the text pages in this thread. 2/
Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile, Rosenkilde & Bagger, Copenhagen, 1953-2001. 3/
Early English Manuscripts in Facsimile, Rosenkilde & Bagger, Copenhagen, 1953-2001. 4/
Here's part of my near-complete set of these irreplaceable volumes, all in the distinctive honey-colored pigskin of the publisher's deluxe edition. 5/

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