BIBLE. — A brief account of the life of Christ from his Inca - Lot 5

BIBLE. — A brief account of the life of Christ from his Incarnation to his Ascension, intended for every priest... No place, no date [in the colophon]: Landshut, Johannes Weyssenburger, May 8, 1514. Gothic quarto pamphlet of 10 leaves (the last one blank), half-parchment Bradel binding (modern binding). A rare Gothic edition of which no copies appear to be preserved in French institutions (none in the CCFr or the USTC). Printed in 39 long lines; on the title page, a large woodcut depicting the four Evangelists, and on the reverse, another large woodcut depicting Saint John of Patmos. Wormholes, causing some letters to be missing.

Estimate:£417.33

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