[V.1.1a] Inue[n]tariu[m] eoru[m] que in oṕe=/ribus Gersonis cotinentur. [51a. TITLE] Prima pars operu[m]/ Johannis Gerson. [227b. COLOPHON] Prima p[ar]s ope[rum] m[a]g[ist]ri Joh[ann]is gerson sa/cro[rum]l[ite]ra[rum] doctores resolutissimi [Christ]ianissi=/miq[ue] [com]plecte[n] tractat[us] ac p[otes]tate[m] ecc[l]a/stica[m] [con]cerne[n]tes finit felicit[er] an[n]o d[omi]nice na-/tiuitatis. Mcccclxxxviij. Mensis vero se=/ptembris ydus quarto quarto. [V.2. 1a. TITLE] Secunda pars operu[m] Johannis/ de Gerson doctoris christianissimi. [285b. COLOPHON] Secu[n]da pars ope/rum domini Johannis Gerson doctoris/ christianissimi.continens precipue o opu=/scula ad mores acco[m]mdata. Explicit feli/citer. Anno nostre salutis. Mcccclxxxviij.Nonas vero Julij mensis quinto. [V.3. 1a. TITLE] Tertia pars ope[rum] Iohannis de/ Gerson doctoris christianissimi. [359b. COLOPHON] Finiunt opera can/cellarij parisie[n]sis doctoris christianissimi magistri Joha[n]nis de gerson. que vt fruge[m]/ lectori vberrima[m] ferant emendatissima li=/ma castigata fuere. Anno domi[ni] M. CCCC./lxxxviij. Idus vero mensis Septembris. octavo.

Edited by Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg and Peter Schott.

Second edition of Gerson's works; first illustrated edition.

Proctor assigned the printing of these volumes to Johann Prüss, but Pollard (BM, 15th cent, I, p. 169) says that the edition "was probably printed by Grüninger, but cannot be assigned to him with complete certainty."

Date from colophon.

Woodcuts attributed to Albrecht Dürer.

Woodcut of a pilgrim passing a castle, holding a coat-of-arms (showing the sun, moon, stars, and a winged heart with the letter t on it) in one hand and a staff in the other on the verso of each title page.

Includes index.

Printed in double columns, 53 lines and head line per page; spaces with guide letters left for capitals.

Foliation is irregular with multiple duplication.

Signatures: v.1. A-F⁸·⁶ G⁸ a⁸ b-i⁸·⁶ k⁶ l-o⁸·⁶ p⁶ q-y aa⁸·⁶ bb⁸ cc-hh⁶·⁶·⁸ ii⁶ kk-ll⁸ (ll⁸ blank); v.2. A¹⁰ B⁸ C-O⁸·⁶ P-S⁶·⁸ T-V⁶ X⁸ Y⁶ Z AA-PP⁶·⁸ AA-SS⁶; v.3. aa-mm⁸·⁶ nn⁸ oo-rr⁸·⁶ ss-tt vv-xx⁶ yy-zz Aa-ZZ ab-ad⁸·⁶ ae-af⁸ (af⁸ blank).

Hain, 7622*.

Proctor, 534-36.

Goff, G-186.

Schreiber, W.L. Manuel, 4101.

BM, 15th cent., I, 170 (IB.1633-35).

ISTC (CD-ROM, 1998 ed.), ig00186000.

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 164-165.

Polain, 1590

Sack, 1535

Pellechet, 5125.

Initials "MASP" (i.e., Monasterium ad Sanctum Petrum) and date 1602 stamped on cover; MS notation "Ad Bibliotheca[m] Monasterij S. Petri Salisburgi" on t.p. of vol. 3; printed bookplate of the monastery in both volumes. From the Boston Medical Library Collection.

In this copy, vol. 1 and 2 are bound together, and the index is bound at the end of vol. 3. Large initials illuminated in red, blue, green, and gold at the beginning of each vol. and index; initials elsewhere added in red or blue, paragraph marks and capital strokes in red. Early 17th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards; brass clasps attached to pigskin thongs, latches on front covers. Imperfect: t.p. (leaf a1) wanting in vol. 1.