POSTILL: UBER DIE FYER EVANGELIA DURCHS JOR SAMPT DEM QUADRAGESIMAL UND VON ETTLICHEN HEYLIGEN NEWLICH USSGANGEN
Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 1522. Folio, xxxv [1] cxvii [29] cix [1] xxxxi pages; G-; late 19th century three-quarter calf binding, boards in brown paper; some chipping to edges of boards; spine paneled, with black lettering; some shelf wear; contemporary lettering "Postill" at top of textblock fore-edge; lacking title page, facsimile bound in place, which includes facsimile portrait of Geiler von Kaysersberg; marked worming consistent throughout textblock, with only mild text loss; contains only 25 of the 44 full page woodcut plates called for; all 100 in-page woodcuts present, sized at quarter-page or smaller; collation complete else missing plates; light contemporary marginalia scattered throughout in German and Latin; ink blot at outer margin of Part 3 f iiii recto, with tape at f iiii verso where ink has eaten through leaf; Part 2 ai with repair to lower fore margin, no loss to text; text in German; scattered minor repair to leaves throughout, at margins and outer corners; very mild age-toning; ST consignment; shelved case 4.
1358297
Shelved Dupont Bookstore
Price: $3,000
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