613 - Walasser, Adam. Little Missal. Containing a Latin Mass, with a thorough explanation, German translation, and interpretation of its words, ceremonies, and customs ... revised and now improved for the second time. With 5 woodcuts in the text. Dillingen, Mayer, 1578. 8 unnumbered leaves, 188 leaves, 3 unnumbered leaves. 16 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary musical manuscript parchment (endpapers replaced).

Walasser, Adam. Little Missal. Containing a Latin Mass, with a thorough explanation, German translation, and interpretation of its words, ceremonies, and customs ... revised and now improved for the second time. With 5 woodcuts in the text. Dillingen, Mayer, 1578. 8 unnumbered leaves, 188 leaves, 3 unnumbered leaves. 16 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary musical manuscript parchment (endpapers replaced). VD16 M 5504 - Bucher, Dillingen 474 - Burose/Weber cf. 469, 18 - The 4th edition of Walasser’s revised guide to the celebration of the Mass. The first part deals with the duties of priests; the second and third parts deal with the preparation and interpretation of the Mass. — Walasser (1520–1581) was a prolific writer of devotional literature in the spirit of the Counter-Reformation. - Title page slightly stained and with a small wormhole; tears on the title page and last page have been mended; page edges show finger stains or traces of moisture in places. *