(1554). LUTHER (Martin). HAUSPOSTIL UBER DIE SONTAGS UND DER - Lot 275

(1554). LUTHER (Martin). HAUSPOSTIL UBER DIE SONTAGS UND DER FÜRNEMBSTEN FEST EVANGELIA DURCH DAS GANTZE JAR... Nurnberg, Johan Vomberg and Ulrich Neuber, 1554. 3 parts of [10]-180-186-119-[1] leaves, bound in 1 volume in-folio, stamped calf on wood, wide borders with biblical figures, ribbed spine, leather clasps (period binding). Lavishly illustrated edition of Luther's famous "Hauspostille". Printed several times in Nuremberg, this collection of domestic sermons explaining biblical texts was intended for personal instruction and helped pastors prepare their sermons read aloud in the temple. The illustration consists of 3 framed titles and 97 ENGRAVINGS in the text, some with the Monogram HB by the engraver Hans Brosamer (1495-1554). Last leaf torn with lack, scattered foxing, qq. stains and rings, redacted passages, handwritten annotations, one hinge open, binding complete with original clasps. (USTC, 661771).