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mei/02142718 STC 24876
[02142718]
Washington DC, Folger Shakespeare Library (US)
: STC 24876
ISTC No.ij00151000
AuthorJacobus de Voragine
TitleLegenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia [English] The Golden Legend. Tr.: William Caxton
ImprintWestminster : Wynkyn de Worde, 8 Jan. 1498[/99?]