Geiler von Kaisersberg, Johannes. Das Irrig schafe. With title woodcut and 7 woodcuts in text as well as numerous black-ground woodcut initials. Strasbourg, Johannes Grüninger, 1514. 4° (27 x 20 cm). 92 pp. Modern leather binding with gilt title on spine. VD16 G 761 (also 765 and 769) - Muller II, 33, 136 - Dacheux 48 - Second edition, first published around 1510. - Collection of popular stories and fairy tales in sermon form, including one of the first literary adaptations of the Cinderella material ("Eschengrüdel"). - Lightly spotted in places (a few leaves more clearly), first 6 leaves with worm track in headpiece, title with old ownership inscriptions, 1 leaf just trimmed at headpiece, 1 leaf with misprint due to box pleat. - Provenance: armorial bookplate Edouard de Turckheim 1883.

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