Vincentius Ferrerius, Sermones de tempore et de sanctis, Cologne, 1487, contemporary German stamped calf

FERRERIUS, VINCENTIUS

Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. Cologne: [Heinrich Quentell], 1487

2 parts (of 3) in one volume, Chancery folio (287 x 207mm.), pars hiemalis: 211 leaves (of 212), A–C⁸ D⁶ E-F⁸ G⁶ H–K⁸ L⁶ M–P⁸ Q⁶ R–X⁸ Y⁶ Z-aa⁸ bb-cc⁶ dd⁸ [ee¹⁰]; Sermones de sanctis: 138 leaves, a–e⁸ f⁶ g-h⁸ i–o^6.8 p-q⁶ r-s⁸ [paraph]⁶, double column, 53-54 lines plus headline, gothic type, 17- to 18-line initials in red and blue, 4-line initials in red or blue, red and blue paraphs, early annotations in different hands, modern calf over (old?) wooden boards retaining most of the covers of a contemporary German stamped calf binding (Kyriss 104, a Leipzig binding, Laubstaub frei I), 2 clasps (the same catchplates as shown in Kyriss plate 212), some deckle edges, title lettered across head of textblock, lacking first leaf of first part, a few marginal wormholes, P6-7 of part 1 slightly stained, title-page of second part torn at foot

Vincent Ferrer's sermons were published in three parts; this volume contains the winter section and the section on saints, but not the summer section.

LITERATURE:

ISTC if00130000 (all 3 parts)

PROVENANCE:

Ex libris Fratris Dominici [--], inscription on first leaf; Litomerice (Bohemia), ink library stamp on second title-page

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