TETRASTICHA LATINOGERMANICA. Ex Pericopis Epistolaribvs Et Euangelicis, tam Dominicarum quam Festorum annuorum bono studio excerpta, & argumenta illarum partim gnomis, partim Preculis complectentia: autore Andrea Mergileto.

Title page continued: Kurtzer Innhalt der Sontag vnd Fest durchs Jhar Epistel vnd Euangelien : in Sententz und Gebetleins weise je mit vier Verßlein, Lateinisch und deutsch, fur Einfeltige, Christlicher meinung gebracht. This copy once belonged to Richard Heber with his small ink stamp Bibliotheca Heberiana on first free endpaper. FIRST EDITION 1593, text in Latin and German quatrains, small slim 8vo, approximately 152 x 85 mm, 6 x 3½ inches, 83 small woodcuts of biblical scenes in rectangles (approx. 45 x 60 mm, 1¾ x 2¼ inches), 128 unnumbered pages including title page, collation: A-H8, H8v is a blank, rebound at sometime in quarter leather over yellow paper boards, gilt lettered black label and gilt rules to spine, edges speckled blue, endpapers renewed at time of rebinding. Spine very slightly rubbed at head and tail, tiny scrape to upper cover at lower corner, small library number label on upper cover next to spine, a few light marks to covers, tiny hole to lower inner margin of title page, expertly repaired on verso, pale damp staining to most outer margins, very occasional small brown spot, several tips of corners missing, final leaf worn at edges with a 10 mm (½") closed tear, some pale brown staining showing through from blank verso which is soiled and scribbled on. A good copy of a rare book. 2 copies located in German libraries, 1 in a US library, not in Library Hub Discover. Andreas Mergilet (1539-1606) was a German protestant theologian and pastor. In Sotheby's sale of Richard Heber's books in 1834-37 which extended to over 13 sales in London, this copy is listed as Lot 4491. Richard Heber was an obsessive book buyer, starting from a young age, and amassed a large library of printed books and manuscripts. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.