JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS. Sermo super psalmum L: Miserere mei Deus. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1468].
JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS. Sermo super psalmum L: Miserere mei Deus. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1468].

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JOHANNES CHRYSOSTOMUS. Sermo super psalmum L: Miserere mei Deus. [Cologne: Ulrich Zel, ca. 1468].

Chancery 4° (211 x 140mm). Collation: [1-38 46] (1/1r text, 4/5v explicit, 4/6 blank). 30 leaves. 27 lines. Type: 1:96G (leaded to 104). Two 4-line initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes and incipit in red. 18th-century blue morocco panelled in gilt, gilt spine (very slightly scuffed at extremities), g.e. Provenance: contemporary annotations on verso of final blank; Joseph Lilly, bookseller (pencilled note 1853); Alexander, Lord Peckover of Wisbech (1830-1919, bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of the sermon in its entirety; Zel had printed part one only in 1466 and this full edition succeeded it within 2 years. Printed in Zel's first type in its earliest state and with 4 pinholes visible. HC *5031; Goff J-298; Polain(B) 2266; Voull(K) 649; IDL 2633; IGI 5194; NOT IN THE BRITISH LIBRARY.

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