Beschreibung:

GRITSCH, Johannes (1409-1475). Quadragesimale . [Ulm:] Johann Zainer, [14]76. A clean, wide-margined copy of the rare third of twenty-four known incunable editions of this popular collection of 50 Lenten sermons ; and Zainer’s second edition. Published just one year after his first, this is essentially a reprint, as the contents of the pages are nearly the same in both editions, proving the popularity of this work from an early stage. No copy of this edition is recorded at auction in over 40 years (ABPC/RBH). H *8064; GW 11540; BMC II 524; Bod-inc G-252; BSB-Ink G-392; ISTC ig00491000; Goff G-491. Royal folio (405 x 275mm). 269 leaves (of 271, without blanks). Decorative woodcut border on first text leaf, and numerous decorative woodcut opening initials, early manuscript quiring (light worming just touching a few letters). Contemporary Landshut blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards [EBDB w000032], manuscript inscription on fore edge (without catches, metal furniture removed, extremities rubbed, somewhat darkened). Provenance: early manuscript inscriptions on pastedown about the tidal effects of the moon and zodiacal signs – ?Germany (stamp on first leaf and first leaf of text).