A smaller Biblia pauperum
Subtitle: conteynynge thyrtie and eyghte wodecuttes illustratynge the lyfe, parablis, and miraclis off oure Blessid Lord & Savioure Jhesus Crist : with the propre descrypciouns theroff extracted fro[m] the originall texte off Iohn Wiclif ... preface by the late Verie Rev. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley ...
Contributors: Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492; Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn, 1815-1881; Unwin Brothers (Firm)
Publisher: Unwin
Published: 1884
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Picture Bibles; Library; Bible
Work titles: Bible Gospels Selections English (Middle English) Wycliffe 1884
Notes: "The borders and ornaments which embellish the letterpress pages are exact facsimiles of those used in a book of hours, now in the Lambeth Palace Library, printed by T. Kerver, in Paris, 1525"--Note by the printers, leaf 5.

"The originals ... which have been used for the reducations which illustrate this volume [were exhibited, together with a volume of impressions, at the Caxton celebration held in London in 1877] ... This ... series of original blocks were purchased about sixty years since at Nuremberg ... They cannot be recognized as belonging to any printed book, and the artist's mark, which appears on the 37th plate, is unknown to any bibliographer ... It is ... probable that the blocks were thrown aside and never used ... till a lapse of nearly four centuries ... These blocks were used in the production of 'A new Biblia pauperum' ... of which 275 copies were issued [in 1877]"--Note by the printers, 1. [iv]-v.

The genuineness of the woodcuts is questioned.  Cf. Schreiber, W. L.  Handbuch der Holz- und Metallschnitte des XV. Jahrhunderts. Leipzig, 1926-30.  v. 6, p. 87-89; v. 8, p. 148-152.