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FERRER, VINCENT, Saint. Sermones de tempore et de sanctis. 210; 256; 136 leaves. Gothic type. Rubricated throughout, with the first initial in each volume illuminated in colors and gold. 3 volumes in 2 (with Volumes 1 and 3 bound together). Folio, 290x205 mm, contemporary blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with brass catches and clasps, Volume 1/3 rebacked at an early date, with surface imperfections on rear cover, 19th-century handwritten paper lettering pieces, spine ends on both volumes damaged; occasional toning and marginal foxing, scattered marginal dampstains in Volume 2; cloth folding cases. Early ownership inscriptions of the Poor Clare Convent of St. Elizabeth and library of the Reformed Franciscans, both of Brixen; bookplates of Sidney Hellman Ehrman. (Strassburg: [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 1488; 10 February 1489; 27 March 1489)
Third collected edition of Sunday and feast day sermons by the Valencian Dominican missionary (1350-1419), first published in 1485. Hain-Copinger 7005; GW 9837; Goff F132; ISTC if00132000.
