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JOHANNES DE VERDENA (d. 1437). Sermones dominicales cum expositionibus evangeliorum. [Ulm: Johann Zainer, ca. 1480].
Chancery 2o (293 x 203 mm). Collation: a-r8 (a1 blank, a2r text, r5r blank, r5v table, r8 blank). 136 leaves. 41 lines. Types: 5:136G (headlines, headings), 4:96aG (text). Four- or six-line initial spaces. Rubricated with red Lombard initials, capital strokes, paragraph signs and underlines. (Some soiling to first leaves, a1 remargined at left and bottom, a few small wormholes to first ca. 30 leaves, clean tear to q1.) Modern vellum (without the vellum strap closures). Provenance: scattered early annotations.
An early edition of the sermon collection more commonly known as Dormi secure, first published in 1476. The author, John of Werden, used Biblical quotations and examples from the life of the people, but did not make extensive reference to the Fathers of the Church or scholastic writers. The popular title of the work refers to the secure sleep of the preacher, who, instead of staying up to write his own sermons, could rely on these for his performance in the pulpit.
Johann Zainer was the first printer in Ulm. The brother of Gnther Zainer, the prototypographer of Augsburg, he probably learned printing in Strassburg. His first dated book was produced in 1473. After a period of financial difficulty in the mid-1480s, he acquired new types in 1487. In 1493 he was compelled to leave Ulm on account of his debts, but his name appears in several more books printed in 1496 and thereafter. Either he or a son of the same name remained active at Ulm until 1527.
VERY RARE. ISTC lists only three other copies in North America (Cornell University, Hamilton College, University of Illinois), and there is no copy in the British Library. H 15969*; BSB-Ink. J-541; Goff J-448.
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An early edition of the sermon collection more commonly known as Dormi secure, first published in 1476. The author, John of Werden, used Biblical quotations and examples from the life of the people, but did not make extensive reference to the Fathers of the Church or scholastic writers. The popular title of the work refers to the secure sleep of the preacher, who, instead of staying up to write his own sermons, could rely on these for his performance in the pulpit.
Johann Zainer was the first printer in Ulm. The brother of Gnther Zainer, the prototypographer of Augsburg, he probably learned printing in Strassburg. His first dated book was produced in 1473. After a period of financial difficulty in the mid-1480s, he acquired new types in 1487. In 1493 he was compelled to leave Ulm on account of his debts, but his name appears in several more books printed in 1496 and thereafter. Either he or a son of the same name remained active at Ulm until 1527.
VERY RARE. ISTC lists only three other copies in North America (Cornell University, Hamilton College, University of Illinois), and there is no copy in the British Library. H 15969*; BSB-Ink. J-541; Goff J-448.