Description
by Johannes Wild
Mainz, Frz. Behem, 1569.
Massive folio. Size 8 3/4 by 14 inches
Thickness 5 inches
3 (of 4) lvs., 858 numbered leaves
31 woodcuts with monogram HM , framed in Renaissance style
Original blind-tooled pigskin over wooden panels
- VD 16, W 3006 (not in Munich); neither in Adams nor in the STC (+ Suppl.), not in Widmann. -
Rare edition of these sermons by the Franciscan Wild (also Ferus, 1495-1554), first published in 1554.
His sermons were of great importance for the preservation of Catholicism in Mainz... In doing so, F. demonstrated a rare breadth of thought by also including Protestant works... Since Sixtus V, almost all of his works were on the Index of Forbidden Books until 1900 (NDB V, 101).
Lacking title (facsimile provided), and two leaves.
With dampstains, wormholes to the front cover and some front leaves
Binding rubbed and bumped, lacks clasps; the back cover is repaired
Text in German
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1569 SERMONS by WILD ILLUSTRATED PIGSKIN FOLIO antique BANNED by CHURCH
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