Luther,M.

Haußpostilla uber die Sontags und der fürnemsten Feste Evangelien, Durchs gantze jar. 3 parts in 1 vol. Wittenberg, Hans Lufft 1563. cl.fol. with coloured title woodcuts. Wood engravings on title, 88 col. Text woodcuts by H. Brosamer a.o., as well as numerous coloured woodcuts. Init. 14 nn., 166, 155 num., 1 w., 101 num., 1 nn. Bl. Mod. Ldr. This edition bibliographically not verifiable for us. Not in VD 16 and Mejer (Lufft). - Cf. Child 540 (edition ibid. 1552). Contains winter and summer sections as well as a holiday section. "The house sermons were published from transcripts of Veit Dietrich by the latter (first) in 1544. This is the so-called house postilion of Luther. Dietrich recorded his own sermons for some holidays" (Köstlin). - Strong traces of use, variously strongly spotted a. browned, several sheets with unterl. missing part. (some loss of text, 4 leaves with larger missing parts: p. 115 in tl. 1; p. 40 in tl. 2 also with some loss of illustrations in the woodcut; p. 113 in tl. 2 and p. 56 in tl. 3). Title, preface a. le. Reg. fol. opened up a. with missing part. Hint. endpapers a. le. fol. verso with entire hs. inscription. Rare. - 3 parts in 1 volume. With coloured title woodcut, 88 coloured woodcuts in the text as well as numerous coloured initials. Modern leather. Severely worn. Stained and browned, few sheets with damages (partly text or image loss).