177. (Oswaldus de Lasko): Quadragesimale Bige salutis

Hagenau, 1515. Impensis Joannis Rynman: per... Henricum Gran. (326)p.
The third part of the series, containing sermons for church holidays, was first published in 1501. This is its third edition (see our lot 148 for details).
Gothic style, wood-boarded, blind-stamped contemporary leather. The decoration of the front and back panels is different. On the back cover, the outer band - framed by triple lines - is adorned with imprints of stylized floral ornaments, and the inner field is decorated with intersecting lines. On the first cover, the book's title can be read in the strip above the frame made of lines filled with stylized floral motifs. In the middle field, impressions of individual stamps can be seen. The clasps and the metal ornaments are missing. Spine damaged.
Poss.: „Monasterii Baumburg”. Baumburg is located in the eastern part of Bavaria. The Augustinian monastery was closed in 1803, and his library was auctioned in 1812.
RMK III 199.; VD16 O 1420.; BNH Cat O 240.; Borda MM5 5A (44-45).
 
Starting price: 500,000 Ft