Christis: complecte[n]s purissimam saluatoris nostri iesu natiuitatem: preclara dicta: miracula: passionem: descensum ad Inferos: ascensionem [...] [and] Ad [...] Ioannem Rocelletum [...]. panegyricus.

8vo: [88] ff. (toned, clear dampstain throughout, occ. marg. staining, a few tiny holes in title and A5).

Cont. limp vellum, spine on 3 raised bands, vellum ties (front cover stained, sm. def. at front joint, ties partly gone). Good copy.

Only ed. of this Life of Christ in Latin verse by the French Benedictine monk Humbert de Montmoret (d. 1525), preceding the more widely known "Christias" of M.G. Vida (1535). Woodcut on title (presentation scene); another one (coat-of-arms) on part title (K5r). Ref. Baudrier X:397. - Pettegree FB 74620. - Oberlé 161. - Not in Adams, STC French (BL). Prov. Old ownership entry pasted on front endpaper (loosening). - Old name on lower flyleaf. Bound with: Eobanus Hessus, Helius – Heroidum libri tres [rev. ed.]. Hagenau, J. Setzer, 1532. 8vo: [82, 2 bl.] ff. Enlarged ed. of the "Heroides" of the German Neo-Latin poet Eobanus Hessus (1488-1540). Title within elaborate woodcut border. Woodcut mark at the end. Ref. VD-16 E-1507. - Not in Adams, Oberlé, STC German (BL).