(1562). HELDING (Michael Sidonius) CATECHISMUS CATHOLICUS... - Lot 325

(1562). HELDING (Michael Sidonius) CATECHISMUS CATHOLICUS...IN CONCIONES LXXXIIII DISTRIBUTUS NUNC PRIMUM LATENITATE DONATUS PER TILMANNUM BREDEMBACHIUM. Cologne, haeredes J. Quentel et G. Calenium, 1562. 2 parts in 1 vol. in-folio of [16]-469-[1]-2bl. and [8]-122 pages, velin rigide, tr. bleues (period binding). In-folio catechism - published the same year as the unillustrated in-8 edition - and procured by Michael Helding (1506-1561), Bishop of Merseburg, lecturer at Mainz and head of the Imperial Council of Vienna. The title bears the engraved arms of Emperor Ferdinand, the work's dedicatee, the author's portrait, and 21 VERY CURIOUS WOODEN ENGRAVINGS (125 x 125 mm), one of which is repeated and another full-page. The second part has its own dated title. Some rings and wetness, a few pages browned, religious stamp on title. (USTC, 620554, 21 copies).