Utino. Sermones quadragesimales, 1479

Leonardus de Utino. Sermones quadragesimales, 350 ff., complete with initial and final blanks, double column, 62 lines and headline, gothic letter, initials in red, including large first initial with marginal decoration, early ff. rubricated, early ink index to initial blank, occasional foxing, marginal water-staining to last c.50 ff., contemporary leather over wooden boards, rebacked in later calf, original brass fittings, remains of leather thongs, 1 with original brass clasp, leather torn and chipped, foot of spine torn, rubbed, [BMC II, 490; Goff L-147], folio, Speyer, Peter Drach, 1479.

***A handsome edition. The sermons of Udine Dominican Leonardo were very popular on both sides of the Alps. Provenance: early ink Franciscan monastic inscription to first text leaf..