Live auction - Lot 785
[Bible illustrations - Cologne imprint]
Evangelia quae consueto more dominicis et aliis festis diebus in Ecclesia leguntur, heroico carmine [...] reddita, adiectis breuibus argumentis & imaginibus artificiose sculptis, &c.
Cologne, [J. Gymnich], 1554
€ 350 / 400
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Lot description
8vo: [176] ff. (sm. tear in blank margins of L1-2, V1).
Mod. boards. Nice copy.
Rare Latin verse adaptation of the Sunday Gospel readings by the German theologian and Wittenberg rector G. Oemler (1517-1569), 1st publ. Cologne 1549. Beautifully illustrated with 78 woodcuts. Woodcut mark on title. Printed in italics. Ref. VD-16 E-4548. - Ind. Aurel. 100.804. - STC German (BL) 117. - Not in Adams, BnF, Oberlé. Prov. A few cont. notes in a very tiny handwriting.