EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE EARLY PRINTED ENCHIRIDION GREACUM

[BIBLIA].

Evangeliorum et epistolarum dominicalium itemque praecipuorum Festorum Enchiridion Graecum (Title in Latin, but text only in Greek).

(No place, no date, ca. 1550).

12mo (87 x 63 mm). 19th century brown half calf with raised bands and richly gilt spine. Upper capital is significantly worn, lackking small pieces of leather. Front hinge worn. Binding solif and tight. Titlle-page a little soiled and with a closed tear (restored from verso, no loss). A smal tear t A2, no loss of paper. Occasional brownspotting, but overall very nice. Ink scribbles to verso of title-page and a few marginal notes and underlinings in brown ink. Woodcut illustration to title-page and title printed in red; verso of A2 with a large woodcut illustrated initial in red. Occasional large red initials. (190) ff. (no final blank).

Exceedingly scarce printing of this Enchiridion Graecum - a liturgical handbook containing the Greek texts of the Sunday Gospels and Epistles, as well as the principal feasts, designed for private devotion.

Order-nr.: 63242