The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, Codex VII.
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio. (13.25 x 9.75 inches). xiv pp. (preliminaries and preface) + 136pp. (plates). Original olive cloth, with gilt titling and device to front board, and gilt titling to spine. The seventh volume in the "Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices" series, published "under the auspices of the Department of Antiquities of the Arab Republic of Egypt in conjunction with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization." This volume reproduces in photo-facsimile the pages of Codex VII, along with a descriptive Preface (parallel Arabic / English text). Although it reproduces the seventh of the codices, and is therefore notionally the seventh in the series, it was actually the second volume in the series to be published. Merest hint of shelf wear - otherwise appears unread, and thus in near Fine condition (no dust jacket issued). Item #58184
ISBN: 9004036024
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