The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi Codices, Introduction.
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Small folio. (13.25 x 9.75 inches). xxpp. (preliminaries and preface) + 130pp (text), 28pp (plates). Original olive cloth, with gilt titling and device to front board, and gilt titling to spine. Although not designated as such, this Introduction was the final (twelfth) 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." The contents of this volume are: Foreword by Gamal Mokhtar (Arabic and English), Acknowledgements by James M. Robinson (Arabic and English), Introduction by James M. Robinson, Preface; 1. The Quantity; 2. The Numeration; 3. The Quires; 4. The Rolls; 5. The Kollemata; 6. The Covers; 7. Bibliography; Addenda et Corrigenda by James M. Robinson and Stephen Emmel; Table of Contents of Plates; Plates 1 - 28. Merest hint of shelf wear, corners lightly bumped - otherwise appears unread, and thus in near Fine condition (no dust jacket issued). Item #58187
ISBN: 9004073086
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