The legendary history of the cross : a series of sixty-four woodcuts from a Dutch book published by Veldener, A.D. 1483 ; with an introduction written and illustrated by John Ashton ; preface by S. Baring Gould (1887)

Veldener, Jan, fl 1473-1485, Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298. Legenda aurea, Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491, Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · New York, A. C. Armstrong · leaf 75

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