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MEDER, Johannes (d.1518). Quadragesimale de filio prodigo. Basel: Michael Furter, 1497.
A fresh copy of the second edition, reprinting Furter's 1495 edition and using the same woodcuts except for one which is in reverse. Meder, a Franciscan who resided at Basel from 1495 to 1502, was a friend of Sebastian Brant, who provided a prefatory poem for this collection of Lenten sermons. Meder was closely involved in the printing of the work, and is known to have requested that Furter provide the text with illustrations. Each sermon opens with a dialogue between an angel and the prodigal son; 49 of the 50 sermons conclude with a parable or allegory that Meder explicates in Christian terms. The woodcuts have been attributed by F. Winkler to the Master of Haintz-Narr, Durer's main collaborator in the illustration of Brant's Narrenschiff (Basel: Bergmann de Olpe, 1494, GW 5041 and later editions; cf. F. Winkler, Durer und die Illustrationen zum Narrenschiff, Berlin 1951, p. 92). HC 13629; BMC III 785; Bod-inc M-167; BSB-Ink M-301; ISTC im00422000; Goff M-422.
Octavo (150 x 105mm). 232 leaves. 18 woodcuts printed from 16 blocks, woodcut printer’s device (first and last few leaves a little frayed but neatly stabilized). Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, clasp (restored, preserving original spine). Provenance: Bolzano? Reformed Minorite monastery (inscription).
A fresh copy of the second edition, reprinting Furter's 1495 edition and using the same woodcuts except for one which is in reverse. Meder, a Franciscan who resided at Basel from 1495 to 1502, was a friend of Sebastian Brant, who provided a prefatory poem for this collection of Lenten sermons. Meder was closely involved in the printing of the work, and is known to have requested that Furter provide the text with illustrations. Each sermon opens with a dialogue between an angel and the prodigal son; 49 of the 50 sermons conclude with a parable or allegory that Meder explicates in Christian terms. The woodcuts have been attributed by F. Winkler to the Master of Haintz-Narr, Durer's main collaborator in the illustration of Brant's Narrenschiff (Basel: Bergmann de Olpe, 1494, GW 5041 and later editions; cf. F. Winkler, Durer und die Illustrationen zum Narrenschiff, Berlin 1951, p. 92). HC 13629; BMC III 785; Bod-inc M-167; BSB-Ink M-301; ISTC im00422000; Goff M-422.
Octavo (150 x 105mm). 232 leaves. 18 woodcuts printed from 16 blocks, woodcut printer’s device (first and last few leaves a little frayed but neatly stabilized). Contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, clasp (restored, preserving original spine). Provenance: Bolzano? Reformed Minorite monastery (inscription).
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