PRAYER BOOKS - [Wolf, Heinrich.] Bättbuch. A Christian Instruction to the Faithful Prayer, by our one Lord Intercessor and Mediator Jesum Christum. Zurich, Johanns Wolffen, 1601. 8°. [12] volumes, 304 pp. Parchment binding of the time with handwritten spine and leather clasps (minimally rubbed and bumped, second leather cord detached, back cover somewhat torn). Not in VD17 - cf. VD16 ZV 15597. - Very rare prayer book from Zurich, beginning of the 16th century - Minimally browned, occasional foxing. - Handwritten notes on title, preface and last page.

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