Catalogus sanctorum et gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus collectis [...].
Folio (222 x 320 mm). (4), 253 ff. Title page printed in red and black. With woodcut title border (birds and grapes) by Hans Wechtlin and page-sized woodcut by Urs Graf at the end of preliminary matter. Contemporary blindstamped pigskin. Two clasps.
$8,374.00
Early edition of this influential collection of Lives of the Saints, first published in Vicenza in 1493. "A very valuable work with a wide circulation. In his arrangement of the various lives he follows the calendar of the Church. The collection [...] went through many editions, the last of which (the eighth) appeared in Venice, 1616" (Cath. Encyclopedia, s.v.). Fine Strasbourg print; Urs Graf's splendid woodcut shows the Ascension of the Christ.
Binding rather severely rubbed. Some worming to beginning and end; occasional brown- and waterstaining. Late 16th c. ms. ownership and large engr. bookplate to front pastedown.
VD 16, P 1881. BM-STC German 644. Adams N 45. Ritter 1856.
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