Aemilius, Georg Evangelia Quae Consueto More Dominicis... Lot n° 1

Aemilius, George Evangelia Quae Consueto More Dominicis Et aliis Festis diebus in Ecclesia leguntur. With woodcut title vignette, inhabited woodcut initials and 77 delicate biblical woodcuts. Coloniae Agrippinae, ad intersignium Monocerotis, 1570. 7 sheets, A-I 1-5, K-T 1-5, V-V5, X-X5. Kl.-8°. Tied: Posselio, Iohanne. Evangeliae et epistolae, Vitebergae, Ioannes Crato 1572. A-I 1-5, K-T 1-5, V-V5, X-X5. Prgt. d. At present (wooden cover with parchment cover) with lines of stroke iron and blind embossed ornamental curb with depictions of virtues (below the lettering charitas, fides, spes) on front and back cover identical, in the middle with varying vignette (front: saint with harp, back: mountainous landscape, figure with lion). The front cover with embossed initials (HAK) and dating of the cover (1573). With 2 metal clasps and three-sided red cut (sth. rubbed, corners bumped, sth. browned, one metal clasp defective, joints stable and firm). VD16 E 4570. - Not for Adams. - Not in Index Aurel. - First published in 1549 - Very rare edition of a then popular work by Georg Aemilius, Lutheran theologian and pupil of Melanchthon in a very elaborate private binding. Inside sporadically worm-eaten, but overall very clean, fresh specimen. With woodcut title vignette, woodcut initials and 77 delicate biblical woodcuts. 7 sheets, A-I 1-5, K-T 1-5, V-V5, X-X5. Small-8°. Bound with: Posselio, Iohanne. Evangeliae et epistolae, Vitebergae, Ioannes Crato 1572. A-I 1-5, K-T 1-5, V-V5, X-X5. Vellum of the time (wooden cover coated with vellum) with embossed fillets and blind embossed ornamental bordure with depictions of the three virtues (with the lettering charitas, fides, spes) on front and back cover identical, but with different vignettes (recto: saint with harp, verso: mountainous landscape, figure with lion). The front cover with embossed initials (HAK) and date (of binding (1573)). With 2 metal clasps and three-sided red edging