Gregorius I, Homiliae super Ezechielem, Basel, 1496, contemporary stamped pigskin by Johannes Rucker

Gregorius I

A volume of 5 tracts mostly printed by Michael Furter in Basel, comprising:

Homiliae super Ezechielem. [Basel: Michael Furter], 1496, 102 leaves, A–Q^8.4 R⁶, double column, 47 lines plus headline, gothic type, 4- to 9-line initial spaces [ISTC ig00425000]

Dialogorum libri quattuor. Basel: Michael Furter, 1496, 58 leaves, a⁸ b–g^8.4 h⁸ i⁶, double column, 47 lines plus headline, gothic type, 3- to 6-line initial spaces [ISTC ig00407000]

Pastorale, sive Regula pastoralis. Basel: [Michael Furter], 15 February 1496, 42 leaves, A–F^8.4 G⁶, double column, 47 lines plus headline, gothic type, 3- to 7-line initial spaces [ISTC ig00441000]

Commentum super Cantica canticorum. Basel: [Michael Furter], 13 March 1496, 22 leaves, a⁸ b-c⁴ d⁶, double column, 47 lines plus headline, gothic type, 3- to 7-line initial spaces [ISTC ig00395000]

Homiliae super Evangeliis. Venice: Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Bononiensis, 14 March 1493, 110 leaves, [✽²] aa–nn⁸ oo⁴, [ISTC ig00421000]

5 works in one volume, 4to (217 x 155mm.), contemporary German blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards by Johannes Rucker (Kyriss 62; active in southern Germany, c. 1477-1513), 2 clasps, paper lettering-piece on spine, modern folding box, some worming throughout (affecting text at end), lacking both catches, binding slightly wormed and rubbed

The four tracts printed by Furter are often found bound together and were presumably offered for sale originally as a group as well as separately.

PROVENANCE

Tachov (western Bohemia), convent of Reformed Franciscans of Mary Magdalene and Elizabeth, inscriptions on first title-page and A2