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Strasbourg : J. Schott, 1522.Folio, gothic lettering, 35 ll. (of 37) with 6 large full-page woodcuts; 118 ll. with 1 full-page woodcut; (28) ll. (of 29) with 18 full-page woodcuts; 110 ll. with 6 full-page woodcuts; 41 ll. (of 42, f. 38 missing) with 9 full-page woodcuts. [Postille sur les quatre évangiles pour toute l'année, le carême et les fêtes de quelques saints]. Missing leaves XV-XVI of the 1st part, A1 of the 3rd part, XXXVIII, that is 332 leaves out of 336. Main tears: title page of part 2 torn, half a page of text missing from folio LXIII, tear with missing parts on ff. C6 and E2 part 2. Half vellum with ribbed spine, decorated hardback covers. Contemporary binding.
282 x 192 mm.
Half-vellum, ribbed spine, decorated cased boards. Contemporary binding.
First edition decorated with 141 woodcuts entirely hand-colored in 1522 of which a full-page portrait of Geyler, 40 full-page woodcuts and 100 woodcuts inside the text.
Geiler von Kaysersberg, famous preacher, was born in Schaffhausen in… Read More