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Rev. Alban Butler; ed. Bernard Kelly.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other principal Saints: Supplementary Volume; sixth edition.
Published London: Virtue & Co., [1951] (original edn. was 1928).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: William Clowes & Son, London & Beccles.
Size: 182x263x35mm.
Page count: text xi,507pp; plates 4pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has no dustjacket; some mild wear at the edges and corners; a little foxing on the page edges and inside the boards; text appears to be free of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 1010g.

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Contents: this volume supplements Kelly's original 4-volume edition with a selection of saints created since 1773, organised by the date of their feast day as in the main set. Some medieval saints are included, but the bulk appear to be 16th-century or later.
Appendix: Additional canonizations since first publication

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 4 colour plates
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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