Witzel, Georg (1501-1573) Postill. Epitome Homiliarum Dominicalium.
Mainz: Franciscus Behem, 1543.
Quarto, title page printed within architectural woodcut compartment, with two cherubs at the base, text printed in red and black; lacking three leaves: 465, 466, & 467, final leaf with woodcut printer's device and colophon on verso present, illustrated with sixty full-paged woodcuts (including repeats) depicting the life of Christ, including many Gospel and Passion woodcuts by Monogrammist IS & shovel; bound in full contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, rebacked, with one original clasp, the other and the catches replaced, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
This extensive volume of sermons by the prolific Witzel springs from the New Testament. The author had a complicated relationship with his religious beliefs, and vacillated between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism during his career. This edition rarely appears at auction.
