Wycliffe, John (trans.)
A Smaller Biblia Pauperum. Imprynted atte the sign off The Grasshopper, bye Unwin Brothers, 1884. 8vo, org. parchment gilt, two metal clasps; title printed in red and black, 38 woodcuts.
The woodcuts which form this work had been previously unknown, possibly never having been published since their first production, likely c.1450. The blocks were first used to produce a limited edition for the 1877 Caxton Exhibition. After which, this reduced size edition was published. In order to best present the blocks the paper was hand-made in a 15th century style in Holland; the binding was executed after a contemporary book in the British Library; and the English text was that of the so-called "Wycliffe Bible", being the best known English text of the period (even if it had been banned by the Church authorities at the time).