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mei/00203432 Auct. 5Q 5.9.
[00203432]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Auct. 5Q 5.9.
ISTC No.ij00086000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia
Imprint[Cologne] : Conrad Winters, de Homborch, 8 Nov. 1476