Epistolae aliquot illustres, graves & eruditae, extra Bibliorum canonem licet, Apostolicae tamen ac piae […]. Harum quaedam paucis adeo, hoc est, uix nouem retro annis in arca Saxea, sub terram defossae, in sacrario aedis diui Pauli urbis Lemouicae recens repertae sunt.

8vo: 113-[1 bl.] ff. (some minor spotting or soiling).

Mod. marbled boards, flat spine, fore-edge titled (rubbed). Good copy.

First edition of a famous collection of fake Letters of the Apostles, purportedly found at Limoges, and containing i.a. the correspondence of St Paul and Seneca, a letter of St Ignatius to the Holy Virgin asking for information about Jesus, a letter by Jesus to Abgarus, and the letter of Clemens Romanus to the Apostle James relating the death of St Peter. Printed in italics.
Ref. VD16 B-5301. - Adams E-271.
Prov. E. Gelin (collector’s stamp). - Libr. stamp.