Author
Spangenberg, Johann
Title
Postilla. Euangelia, et Epistolae, quae in Ecclesia, toto anno, Dominicis & Festis diebus proponuntur, : per quæstiones explicata. Recens castigatius edita, & imaginibus exornata. Eadem Euangelia & precationes, quas collectas uocant, quibus utitur Ecclesia diebus Dominicus, carmine elegiaco reddita. Item. Triumphus Christi Heroicus. / Aut. Ioan. Spangenbergio, Northusano..
Varying form of title
Postilla. Evangelia, et Epistolae, qvae in Ecclesia, toto anno, Dominicis & Festis diebus proponuntur
Varying form of title
Postilla. Evangelia, et Epistolae, quae in Ecclesia, toto anno, Dominicis & Festis diebus proponuntur
Imprint
Franc, : apud Christianum Egenolphum., M. D. XLVII. [1547]
Physical description
3 v. : ill. ; 17 cm (8vo)
Note
Pagination: vol. 1: 186 leaves; vol. 2: 279, [3] leaves (final leaf blank); vol. 3: 150, [2] leaves (final leaf blank).
Note
Signatures: vol. 1: A-X8 Z10; vol. 2:a-z8 aa-ll8; vol. 3: Aa-Tt8.
Note
Printer's device on title page (altar with burning heart).
Note
Date of printing from title pages of vols. 2 and 3, and colophon of vol. 1 on leaf 186r.
Citation/references note
CLC, S1566
Citation/references note
David G. Selwyn, Edmund Geste and his books (London, 2017), S75
Provenance
Identified by David Selwyn as having belonged to Edmund Guest (1514?-1577), with pressmark and marginal annotations.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
16th-century dark brown calf over paper boards; sewn on four tanned leather supports; blind fillets forming two concentric rectangular frames on boards, with blind stamps at outer corners of inner frame; spine with four raised bands, later gilt fillets, leather spine label with "Spangenber Postill: Evangel:", and "1547" in gilt at foot; remains of two pairs of ties at fore-edge; title in ink on fore-edge (faded); pressmark R56 in ink on fore-edge; printed waste used as pastedowns; parchment endleaf guard.
Subject
Bible. Epistles and Gospels, Liturgical Commentaries Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Egenolff, Christian, 1502-1555 printer.
Added entry--name
Guest, Edmund, 1514?-1577 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Frankfurt am Main.
B12319
UKSbSC
20200217143322.2